Egypte heeft drie sleepboten ingezet om een olietanker met motorpech in het Suezkanaal weg te slepen. Die tanker stremt het verkeer in de kortste scheepvaartroute tussen Azië en Europa.  ( 3 min )

Vermogende reizigers die vliegen met Qatar Airways kunnen binnenkort niet langer een dutje doen in een van de luxueuze ligstoelen in de eersteklas. De luchtvaartmaatschappij gaat die namelijk schrappen in de volgende generatie langeafstandsvliegtuigen.  ( 3 min )

Voor Apple-fans is het lange wachten eindelijk voorbij: maandag lanceert de techreus naar alle waarschijnlijkheid na vele jaren weer een belangrijk nieuw product. Apple komt op zijn jaarlijkse ontwikkelaarsconferentie WWDC volgens vele geruchten met een eigen virtualreality-bril (VR).  ( 4 min )

De Duitse zeepmaker Henkel, bekend van merken als Pritt en Persil, heeft de mogelijkheid om zijn activiteiten in Rusland binnen nu en tien jaar terug te kopen. Voorwaarde is wel dat de omstandigheden in en de relatie met dat land "fundamenteel" veranderen.  ( 3 min )

Steeds meer Nederlanders hebben zonnepanelen op het dak liggen. Maar wanneer produceren deze panelen nou de meeste stroom?  ( 3 min )

We krijgen deze zomer meer dollars, kronen, lira’s en Antilliaanse guldens voor een euro. De waarde van onze munt bij een wisselkantoor zit in de lift. Dat kan interessant zijn richting het vakantieseizoen. Maar je reis wordt er niet altijd goedkoper van.  ( 6 min )

Als de Eerste Kamer dinsdag met de herinvoering van de basisbeurs instemt, krijgen studenten vanaf september weer maandelijks een bedrag dat na hun opleiding een gift wordt. Dat is een opluchting voor veel studenten, al is het wetsvoorstel volgens velen verre van perfect.  ( 5 min )

Austerity is defined as a state of reduced spending and increased frugality.  ( 25 min )

The SEC has always pursued insider trading as a key element of its activities. Here are a few of the most notable cases throughout the years.  ( 24 min )

Safe deposit boxes can keep certain valuables safe, but don't use one for anything you’ll need easy access to. Learn what you should, and should not, put in a safety box.  ( 25 min )

It can be difficult to send large sums of money abroad. Learn more about the top five safest ways to send and receive large sums of money internationally.  ( 22 min )

A chargeback is a charge that is returned to a payment card after a customer successfully disputes an item on their account transactions report. Learn more.  ( 21 min )

Hyperinflation describes rapid and out-of-control price increases in an economy. Learn the causes of hyperinflation and how it can impact everyday consumers.  ( 27 min )

Proof of funds (POF) refers to a document that demonstrates a person or entity has the ability and funds available for a specific transaction.  ( 22 min )

Lockbox banking is a service provided by banks to companies for the receipt of payment from customers.  ( 22 min )

Higher mortgage rates stopped both home buyers and sellers in their tracks in the spring, putting an end to the pandemic home-buying boom. Summer might not be better.  ( 22 min )

(Bloomberg) -- OPEC+ ministers meet on Sunday to hash out a deal on oil production after a last-minute fight with African members threatened to derail the gathering.Most Read from BloombergAmazon Is in Talks to Offer Free Mobile Service to US Prime MembersQatar Airways Plans for Future Without First Class on Long-HaulUS Chides China Over Defense Talks as Navy Sails by TaiwanRich Latin Americans Transform Laid-Back Madrid Into a New MiamiTaylor Swift Argentina Tickets Are a Bargain With Inflation  ( 8 min )

OPEC and its allies meet Sunday in Vienna to decide on an output plan.  ( 29 min )

Hedge funds and other speculative investors have built up a big bet that the S&P 500 will decline, marking their most bearish positioning since 2007.  ( 27 min )

A vostro account is an important part of correspondent banking in which a foreign bank provides financial services on behalf of a domestic bank.  ( 22 min )

The secured overnight financing rate (SOFR) is a benchmark interest rate for dollar-denominated derivatives and loans that replaced LIBOR.  ( 22 min )

Strengthen your marriage by understanding and dealing with these six major financial stressors.  ( 30 min )

You can take funds from your retirement account for immediate and pressing financial needs. But you'll pay a price for doing so.  ( 23 min )

A crossed check is a check that has been crossed with two parallel lines, either across the whole check or through the top left-hand corner of the check.  ( 21 min )

The Basic Attention Token (BAT) fuels the Brave browser, which aims to revolutionize digital advertising through blockchain technology.  ( 21 min )

Craig Wright claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious inventor of Bitcoin. But his claim is riddled with holes.  ( 24 min )

The debt limit crisis is over. For now, at least, as President Joe Biden signed a bill Saturday suspending the nation’s self-imposed borrowing limit until January 2025.  ( 17 min )

The empirical rule is a statistical theory stating that 99.7% of normally distributed data will fall within three standard deviations from the dataset's mean.  ( 26 min )

Tezos (XTZ) is a decentralized blockchain network with an associated cryptocurrency token and a colorful history.  ( 22 min )

The Ethereum blockchain transitioned to proof-of-stake in September 2022. The upgrade also set the stage for the blockchain's future.  ( 22 min )

Fee-only financial advisors get paid for their services, not by commission. Learn why that matters and why you may still want to hire one.  ( 28 min )

The world’s billionaire population fell by 3.5% in the latest year, with tech, healthcare, and real estate fortunes particularly vulnerable.  ( 18 min )

Kanye West has a net worth of $400 million as of 2023, according to Forbes. West’s net worth dropped from $2 billion after Adidas and other companies cut ties with the rapper in 2022 after antisemitic comments and offensive behavior.  ( 18 min )

Sophisticated borrowers may consider one of these interest-only loans to keep their initial mortgage payments low, but should understand the risks first.  ( 26 min )

An irrevocable letter of credit is a bank guarantee for payment by the party requesting the letter. It cannot be revoked.  ( 28 min )

Normal or bell curve distribution can be used in portfolio theory to help portfolio managers maximize return and minimize risk.  ( 24 min )

Investment management is just one part of a financial advisor's role.  ( 25 min )

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(Bloomberg) -- For over a year, bond traders been whipsawed by uncertainty about how high the Federal Reserve will push interest rates. Most Read from BloombergAmazon Is in Talks to Offer Free Mobile Service to US Prime MembersTrillion-Dollar Treasury Vacuum Coming for Wall Street RallyRich Latin Americans Transform Laid-Back Madrid Into a New MiamiChina Is Drilling a 10,000-Meter-Deep Hole Into the EarthUS Chides China Over Defense Talks as Navy Sails by TaiwanBut that’s now giving way to a gro  ( 8 min )

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(Bloomberg) -- With a debt ceiling deal freshly inked, the US Treasury is about to unleash a tsunami of new bonds to quickly refill its coffers. This will be yet another drain on dwindling liquidity as bank deposits are raided to pay for it — and Wall Street is warning that markets aren’t ready.Most Read from BloombergAmazon Is in Talks to Offer Free Mobile Service to US Prime MembersChina Is Drilling a 10,000-Meter-Deep Hole Into the EarthRich Latin Americans Transform Laid-Back Madrid Into a N  ( 9 min )

Money held in popular apps like Venmo, PayPal, and CashApp are more vulnerable to financial uncertainty because they may not offer federal deposit insurance through the FDIC or NCUA.  ( 8 min )

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President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) reached a tentative agreement to raise the U.S. debt ceiling over the weekend, allowing a ray of hope to peek through the fiscal cloud that had been hanging over D.C. This … Continue reading → The post What the Tentative Debt Ceiling Deal Means For You appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.  ( 7 min )

Dividends are payments that some companies make to shareholders to reward them for investing in them. Dividends can provide regular, predictable income to investors who also preserve the chance of profiting from price appreciation. Dividends can qualify for advantageous capital … Continue reading → The post How Do I Avoid Paying Tax on Dividends? appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.  ( 8 min )

How long will $300,000 last in retirement? The answer to that depends on a variety of things: your lifestyle, your lifespan, your investments and any other income you have, to start. Let's break down whether $300,000 is enough for your … Continue reading → The post How Long Will $300,000 Last in Retirement? appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.  ( 9 min )

A 401(k) is an employer-sponsored, tax-advantaged retirement plan. You fund this account by contributing a set percentage of your paycheck into the account. One of the biggest perks of a 401(k) plan is that employers have the option to match your … Continue reading → The post How the Employer Match Works With the 401(k) Limit appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.  ( 9 min )

Now might be a good time to buy. That's the takeaway from a recent Morningstar analysis, which reported in on a seeming contradiction in stock prices. The market as a whole, Morningstar writes, is expensive. But those prices are a bargain … Continue reading → The post Looking for Bargain Stocks? Morningstar Says These Are Cheap appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.  ( 10 min )

Retiring before you're 50 may sound like a pipe dream, but a nest egg of $2 million can make this a reality. The question is, how can you save that amount in only about two decades? Depending on your circumstances, … Continue reading → The post How to Retire at 45 With $2 Million appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.  ( 11 min )

It may seem like an odd notion, but it is possible to save too much money. You may have financial habits that allow you to sock away tons of money but cause your current quality of life to deteriorate. As … Continue reading → The post Am I Saving Too Much for Retirement? appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.  ( 9 min )

To some people, $3 million will sound like a lot. You probably think $3 million is enough to retire if you're among that crowd. But retiring with $3 million at 65 can last depending on your longevity, lifestyle and other … Continue reading → The post Is $3 Million Enough to Retire at 65? appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.  ( 8 min )

A Roth individual retirement account (IRA) can be a helpful tool for retirement planning. These tax-advantaged accounts offer a way to save money in addition to what you might be contributing to a 401(k) or similar workplace plan. And if … Continue reading → The post Roth IRA Income Limits for 2023 appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.  ( 10 min )

With all the attention on ChatGPT, here is how to choose an AI fund. They’re not all alike.  ( 28 min )

If you haven’t gone to therapy yet, here’s your sign: Addressing your childhood trauma could be critical for your career.  ( 9 min )

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Employment is soaring yet output is falling, by one measure. Blame a historic slump in productivity.  ( 27 min )

In the last decade between 2012 and 2022, the median job tenure has dropped from 4.6 years to 4.1 years.  ( 9 min )

If you're buying a Tesla Model 3 in the US, you can now get the maximum possible federal tax credit of $7,500 no matter what make you're getting.  ( 6 min )

If you want to use tax losses from individual equities or mutual funds to offset gains elsewhere, it is key to use an accounting system that allows you to specify which shares can be sold.  ( 22 min )

The chip giant says its Arizona hiring is on schedule, but recruiters say the company is a hard sell.  ( 14 min )

As the world’s biggest oil producers gather to decide on a production plan, the spotlight is on Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman’s fixation on traders whose bets can cause crude prices to fall.  ( 29 min )

(Bloomberg) -- Roiled by rising borrowing costs and falling valuations that wiped out $148 billion of shareholder value, European landlords are bracing for a new wave of pain. Most Read from BloombergAmazon Is in Talks to Offer Free Mobile Service to US Prime MembersChina Is Drilling a 10,000-Meter-Deep Hole Into the EarthRich Latin Americans Transform Laid-Back Madrid Into a New MiamiHedge Funds at War for Top Traders Dangle $120 Million PayoutsInside the Making of Redfall, Xbox’s Latest Misfir  ( 9 min )

Whitney rose to prominence as an Oppenheimer analyst and went on to a career in startups. Now she's ready for a new chapter.  ( 22 min )

It is more than a century since the first jobless benefits were paid in Britain, when David Lloyd George’s Liberal government introduced unemployment insurance through the National Insurance Act of 1911.  ( 12 min )

Markets cheered the end of the debt ceiling showdown as the Senate sent the bill to raise the US borrowing limit to President Biden's desk.  ( 7 min )

Deposits rose recently at Ally, Goldman Sachs’s Marcus and Capital One, banks that either don’t have branch networks or have far fewer branches than peers.  ( 28 min )

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Bouwbedrijf Heijmans heeft zaterdag het predicaat koninklijk gekregen. De bouwer uit Rosmalen bestaat honderd jaar en krijgt bij dat jubileum de royale titel uitgereikt. Shell en DSM verloren onlangs nog hun kroon. Hoe zit het met het predicaat koninklijk?  ( 5 min )

De Amerikaanse president Joe Biden heeft zaterdag zijn handtekening gezet onder het wetsvoorstel dat de verhoging van het schuldenplafond regelt. Daarmee is voorkomen dat de VS zijn financiële verplichtingen niet meer kan nakomen.  ( 4 min )

Ga je deze zomer buiten Europa op vakantie, denk dan goed na over het gebruik van je smartphone. Met een beetje pech verbruik je in enkele seconden voor tientallen euro's aan mobiel dataverkeer. Gelukkig zijn er manieren om te voorkomen dat je thuis een dikke telefoonrekening op de mat vindt.  ( 5 min )

De Amerikaanse president Joe Biden ondertekent mogelijk zaterdag al het wetsvoorstel dat de verhoging van het schuldenplafond regelt, laat een regeringswoordvoerder weten.  ( 4 min )

Er zijn vijfhonderd e-mailadressen van gepensioneerden bij pensioenfonds ABP gelekt. Het lek kwam tot stand door een "menselijke fout" bij het verzenden van een e-mail, zegt een woordvoerder van ABP.  ( 2 min )

Zon, zee en strand blijven voor veel Nederlanders populaire ingrediënten voor hun zomervakantie. Tegelijkertijd zitten actieve vakanties naar noordelijker landen in de lift, ziet een aantal bedrijven uit de reisbranche.  ( 4 min )

Zon, zee en strand blijven voor veel Nederlanders populaire ingrediënten voor hun zomervakantie. Tegelijkertijd zitten actieve vakanties naar noordelijker landen in de lift, ziet een aantal bedrijven uit de reisbranche.  ( 4 min )

Voor Eerste Kamerleden bestaat geen vacaturesite. Ze worden gekozen door de leden van de Provinciale Staten, die op hun beurt weer zijn gekozen door ons. De 75 nieuwe Eerste Kamerleden blijven in principe vier jaar aan.  ( 5 min )

The Dow moved up by more than 700 points after the Labor Department's stronger-than-expected jobs report.  ( 1 min )

It's possible that Saudi Arabia brings a more assertive stance to the table when OPEC+ holds its meeting on Sunday.  ( 8 min )

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All new Tesla Model 3 vehicles will now qualify for the full $7,500 federal EV tax credit, according to a change in Tesla's website. The EV tax credits were mandated by Congress last August as part of the Inflation Reduction Act, with the goal of ending U.S. reliance on China for batteries. The full $7,500 tax credit is broken into two parts.  ( 6 min )

Changes in the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet, the Treasury’s cash balances, bank reserves, and other factors will probably affect equities.  ( 22 min )

Company said it removed certain produced content from its DTC segment on May 26.  ( 27 min )

Regulators don't have a clear view into the huge world of nonbank finance, or 'shadow banking.' Barron's peers into this opaque world.  ( 75 min )

LS Power purchased 5.9 million shares in EVgo’s recent stock offering. EVgo Chairman David Nanus is on LS Power’s management committee.  ( 22 min )

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Two of the banking industry's top executives discussed the slowdown they expect to see this year on Wall Street.  ( 8 min )

(Bloomberg) -- The relentless rally in big tech, options positioning and bets on a Federal Reserve pause following a mixed jobs report put stocks on the verge of a bull market.Most Read from BloombergAmazon Is in Talks to Offer Free Mobile Service to US Prime MembersChina Is Drilling a 10,000-Meter-Deep Hole Into the EarthRich Latin Americans Transform Laid-Back Madrid Into a New MiamiInside the Making of Redfall, Xbox’s Latest MisfireHedge Funds at War for Top Traders Dangle $120 Million Payout  ( 8 min )

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Analysts weigh in on Kenvue, C3.ai, CSX, Toast, and Ryanair Holdings  ( 22 min )

Tim Chen, CEO and co-founder of NerdWallet Inc., has come a long way since the 2008 financial crisis when he found himself among the unemployed, like many others at that time. Don’t Miss: Why Jason Calacanis and Other Silicon Valley Elites Are Betting On This Startups Vision For Re-Uniting American Families After spending four years working in hedge funds such as Perry Capital and JAT Capital Management, Chen received the news of his layoff around Christmas, leaving him devastated. “It was super  ( 9 min )

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Tesla stock is up more than 4% in late trading. One reason looks technical. The other looks like unemployment did the trick.  ( 22 min )

Making money in the stock market sounds like a dream come true, and for most traders, it's just that: a dream. Unless your name is Jack Kellog, the 24-year-old who achieved $8 million in gains from day trading in 2020 and 2021. Don’t Miss: Why Jason Calacanis and Other Silicon Valley Elites Are Betting On This Startups Vision For Re-Uniting American Families Where It All Started Starting his trading journey in 2017 with only $7,500, Kellogg has encountered and overcome various market conditions,  ( 8 min )

Like the PC and cellphones, artificial intelligence has the capacity to rewrite how almost every business works—including investing. Here’s how it might change things for retail and institutional investors.  ( 22 min )

White-collar jobs are most at risk.  ( 7 min )

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The number of rigs drilling for crude dropped again this week, a sign that U.S. producers are pessimistic about prices. There are now 555 rigs drilling specifically for oil, down 15 from last week in the sharpest decline in oil-patch activity since the Covid lockdowns. The total is down 11% since t  ( 20 min )

(Bloomberg) -- A deal to rescue one of the biggest suppliers of soybean meal fed to livestock herds around the world is at risk of falling apart because of court delays and Argentina’s worst drought in living memory.Most Read from BloombergAmazon Is in Talks to Offer Free Mobile Service to US Prime MembersChina Is Drilling a 10,000-Meter-Deep Hole Into the EarthRich Latin Americans Transform Laid-Back Madrid Into a New MiamiHedge Funds at War for Top Traders Dangle $120 Million PayoutsInside the  ( 8 min )

DuPont, Corteva, Chemours, and 3M shares are up after a $1.2 billion legal settlement over PFAS chemicals. Here's how investors can make sense of that.  ( 36 min )

Wall Street analysts are telling clients TSMC's exposure to the AI trend might be limited this year.  ( 22 min )

With the late Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, Apple Inc.'s co-founders, dominating the tech world for decades, it’s easy to overlook the vital role played by a lesser-known figure: Mike Markkula. Don’t Miss: Why Jason Calacanis and Other Silicon Valley Elites Are Betting On This Startups Vision For Re-Uniting American Families While Jobs and Wozniak captured the limelight, Markkula’s contributions to Apple's success were no less significant. From angel investor to CEO and chairman, Markkula’s jour  ( 9 min )

The cash-strapped U.S. Treasury today auctioned $15 billion in bills maturing in one day as it awaits a resolution to the debt-ceiling impasse.  ( 18 min )

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Evercore ISI analyst Kirk Materne says artificial intelligence is going to provide a gigantic boost to Microsoft, which is in a "unique position to monetize the platform shift to AI."  ( 22 min )

Amazon.com is reportedly in talks with phone carriers to offer low-cost or free nationwide mobile phone service to Prime subscribers.  ( 23 min )

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Hiring was strong in May, but wage gains showed less inflationary pressure from the labor market.  ( 23 min )

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Molson Coors brands Coors Light and Miller Lite have grown market share as Bud Light faced a backlash. TD Cowen analyst Vivien Azer says Molson Coors will enjoy “durable market-share momentum.”  ( 22 min )

SoFi Technologies, Inc (NASDAQ: SOFI) stock is down Friday as the Senate cleared the debt ceiling bill with 63 votes in favor of the legislation and 36 against it. The CARES Act passed in March of 2020, allowed a pause on student loan repayments. The current debt ceiling deal would terminate this pause, and repayments must resume on August 29, 2023. The student loan refinancing firm prosecuted the government to end the pause earlier this year. Through student and personal loans, the company aime  ( 7 min )

If a headset is unveiled at Monday's WWDC, Apple shares might get a big boost too.  ( 22 min )

Dish Network Corp (NASDAQ: DISH) stock is up Friday amid reports of selling wireless plans for its mobile phone service through Amazon.Com Inc(NASDAQ: AMZN). Amazon has been talking with wireless carriers about offering Prime subscribers $10 a month or possibly for free and bolster loyalty among its biggest spending customers. The company is negotiating with Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE: VZ), T-Mobile US Inc (NYSE: TMUS), and Dish for the lowest possible wholesale prices, Bloomberg reported  ( 7 min )

The resolution would repeal President Joe Biden’s most recent extension of the student loan pause.  ( 8 min )

After NVIDIA's (NASDAQ:NVDA) astounding AI-fueled earnings results and guidance last week, its valuation briefly vaulted past the $1 trillion mark and Wall Street analysts scrambled to jack up estimates on the company. But that massive surge makes Nvidia a tricky buy right now: InvestingPro’s fair value algorithm calls the stock overvalued at current levels, with some 30% potential downside risk.  ( 7 min )

Bank stocks have been “excessively penalized,” says Wells Fargo analyst Mike Mayo. Here are some names to consider.  ( 22 min )

Barcalys analyst Dan Levy feels better about the EV start-up after a visit to its assembly plant in Normal, Illinois.  ( 22 min )

Benzinga Made-In-China Teslas Are The Highest Quality, Says Musk: ‘It Warms My Heart’ Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk is back in America after a two-day trip to China, his first since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The billionaire entrepreneur made a pitstop at Giga Shanghai as part of his tour and delivered a late-night speech praising his Chinese staff. Sharing pictures from his visit to the Gigafactory on Wednesday evening, Musk tweeted, “Congratulations to Giga Shanghai & Tesla C  ( 12 min )

(Bloomberg) -- One of Nvidia Corp.’s long-term investors is trimming bets on the stock, saying the frenzy around artificial intelligence has pushed valuations too far.Most Read from BloombergChina Is Drilling a 10,000-Meter-Deep Hole Into the EarthInside the Making of Redfall, Xbox’s Latest MisfireDebt-Limit Deal Clears Congress, Ending Threat of US DefaultHedge Funds at War for Top Traders Dangle $120 Million PayoutsRich Latin Americans Transform Laid-Back Madrid Into a New MiamiEdmond de Roths  ( 7 min )

The Secure 2.0 Act has all sorts of provisions that take effect between now and 2027. Here’s when they kick in.  ( 27 min )

↗️ Lululemon Athletica (LULU): The athletic-gear maker raised its annual outlook on sales growth in China. Shares climbed around 12%, snapping a nine-day losing streak. ↘️AT&T (T), [**Verizon (VZ)  ( 21 min )

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Dollar General's lowered outlook casts a shadow on prospects for discount retailers but some analysts still see opportunities.  ( 22 min )

(Bloomberg) -- Carvana Co. canceled a $1 billion debt swap after a group of creditors refused to exchange their notes, posing a challenge as the used car retailer attempts to rein in its debt load.Most Read from BloombergChina Is Drilling a 10,000-Meter-Deep Hole Into the EarthInside the Making of Redfall, Xbox’s Latest MisfireDebt-Limit Deal Clears Congress, Ending Threat of US DefaultHedge Funds at War for Top Traders Dangle $120 Million PayoutsAmazon Is in Talks to Offer Free Mobile Service t  ( 7 min )

California’s homeowners are already bearing the brunt of devastating wildfires every summer. Now, it will be harder for them to find insurance companies willing to potentially cover the damages.  ( 8 min )

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The Wegmans supermarket chain is closing one of its largest and most unusual stores because it has not attracted enough business, the company said. The Natick, Massachusetts store will close on an undetermined date this summer, the Rochester, New York-based company said in a statement on Thursday. Making these decisions is never easy.  ( 6 min )

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Amazon.com is reportedly looking into entering mobile phone service, and telecom investors are feeling the pain. Bloomberg News reported Friday that the retailing giant has been talking with wireless carriers about offering low-cost or free mobile to Prime subscribers. Holders of traditional telec  ( 20 min )

Amazon.com Inc is in talks with wireless carriers Verizon Communications, T-Mobile US Inc and Dish Network Corp to offer low cost mobile services in the U.S., Bloomberg News reported on Friday. The discussions, which have been going on for six to eight weeks, have also included AT&T Inc at times, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter. Bloomberg News also said Amazon has been negotiating to get the lowest possible wholesale prices that would let it offer Prime members wireless plans for $10 a month or possibly for free.  ( 7 min )

Amazon.com Inc has been in talks with wireless carriers Verizon Communications, T-Mobile US Inc and Dish Network Corp to offer low cost mobile services in the U.S., a report by Bloomberg News said on Friday, citing sources familiar with the matter. Amazon.com Inc, Verizon and T-Mobile did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.  ( 6 min )

A divorce is an unfortunate time in anyone's life, as it signifies the end of a likely long-term relationship and marriage. However, it's important to understand the financial ramifications of a divorce as you're going through one. So if you're … Continue reading → The post Is My Spouse Entitled to My Pension in a Divorce? appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.  ( 8 min )

Once a pension has vested, you should be entitled to keep those funds, even if you're fired. However, you aren't always entitled to all the money in your pension fund. In some cases, you might lose some, or even all, … Continue reading → The post Can You Lose a Vested Pension? appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.  ( 8 min )

Although 65 is a conventional retirement age, reaching this point with $2 million is quite a feat. This sum can generate investment and interest income to support you well in the decades to come. However, saving this amount takes effort. … Continue reading → The post Is $2 Million Enough to Retire at 65? appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.  ( 9 min )

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The stock could erase most of the 42% rise it has posted so far this year, if losses hold through regular trading. More than half of the 30 analysts covering the stock lowered their target prices, citing the longer deal cycles and waning demand from enterprise customers, who are holding back on new orders due to high inflation and rising interest rates. The median price target on the stock is now $18, which is 13% lower than its last closing price.  ( 7 min )

The latest amendment to a June 2022 lawsuit alleges two wallets controlled by Musk sold 1.4 billion Dogecoin when he used his social network to deliberately pump the price.  ( 8 min )

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Stocks rose on Friday morning as investors awaited the May jobs report.  ( 7 min )

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The electric-vehicle charging company reported a first-quarter per-share loss of 15 cents from $130 million in sales. Wall Street was looking for a 19 cents loss from $128 million in sales.  ( 22 min )

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(Bloomberg) -- 3M Co. faces an existential threat from lawsuits over allegedly cancer-linked “forever chemicals” that have leached into municipal water supplies, with the company’s liability possibly hitting $143 billion for cleanup alone. Most Read from BloombergChina Is Drilling a 10,000-Meter-Deep Hole Into the EarthInside the Making of Redfall, Xbox’s Latest MisfireDebt-Limit Deal Clears Congress, Ending Threat of US DefaultHedge Funds at War for Top Traders Dangle $120 Million PayoutsRich L  ( 9 min )

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Filings from Fidelity estimate that the company is worth one third what investors paid for their stakes.  ( 7 min )

Sales of recreational vehicles are way off their pandemic peak, but the industry won’t be in the breakdown lane for long.  ( 28 min )

Analysts have raced to boost their price targets on the chip maker’s stock after the company’s market value gained $650 billion since October.  ( 27 min )

Some customers reportedly experienced delays in transferring funds from the savings account to another bank account.  ( 8 min )

Ppportunities—and risks—abound after a tough couple of years.  ( 23 min )

Here is your Pro Recap of the biggest analyst picks you may have missed since yesterday: upgrades at C3.ai, Chevron, Domino’s Pizza, and The Trade Desk. Wedbush upgraded C3.ai (NYSE:AI) to Outperform from Neutral and raised its price target to $50.00 from $24.00 following Q4 earnings, as InvestingPro reported in real time. Furthermore, Wedbush noted that the company is in a unique position to help lead the charge and monetize this looking ahead the next 12 to 18 months.  ( 7 min )

(Bloomberg) -- All around the world, a backlash is brewing against the hegemony of the US dollar.Most Read from BloombergChina Is Drilling a 10,000-Meter-Deep Hole Into the EarthInside the Making of Redfall, Xbox’s Latest MisfireWall Street Banks Are Using AI to Rewire the World of FinanceBillionaire Perot Warns of Real Estate Recession as Loans Dry UpApple Plans Major Retail Push With New Stores Across China, USBrazil and China recently struck a deal to settle trade in their local currencies, s  ( 11 min )

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(Bloomberg) -- Australia’s largest pension fund AustralianSuper has frozen all future contracts with PricewaterhouseCoopers as it assesses the fallout of the embattled accounting firm’s tax advice scandal. Most Read from BloombergChina Is Drilling a 10,000-Meter-Deep Hole Into the EarthInside the Making of Redfall, Xbox’s Latest MisfireDebt-Limit Deal Clears Congress, Ending Threat of US DefaultWall Street Banks Are Using AI to Rewire the World of FinanceHedge Funds at War for Top Traders Dangle  ( 6 min )

The Dow moved up by more than 700 points after the Labor Department's stronger-than-expected jobs report.  ( 17 min )

A current account savings account is aimed at combining the features of savings and checking accounts to entice customers to keep their money in banks.  ( 21 min )

A careful look at data from nonpartisan sources suggests that any increases have been modest by historical standards.  ( 21 min )

Monthly tracking report for credit card interest rates from Investopedia's database of more than 300 cards. These are the current rates as of June 2023.  ( 23 min )

The Herrick Payoff Index tracks price, volume, and open interest to identify potential trends and reversals in futures and options contracts.  ( 20 min )

Reverse mortgages can provide supplemental income for retirees. Learn the biggest mistakes to avoid with a reverse mortgage.  ( 22 min )

Social media optimization (SMO) is the use of social media networks to manage and enhance an organization’s message and online presence.  ( 21 min )

High mortgage rates and elevated prices are keeping would-be homebuyers in New York out of the housing market.  ( 17 min )

If you’re thinking about leasing a new vehicle, here’s what you need to know about how car leases work and the fees that you can expect to pay in total.  ( 23 min )

See what today's top nationwide rate is for every CD term, and how it compares to the previous business day's top rate. We collect data from more than 200 financial institutions.  ( 18 min )

A transfer of physical assets (TPA) is involved when a HUD-insured loan is attached to a real estate transaction.  ( 24 min )

Markets rose after a strong jobs report and Senate passage of the debt ceiling bill, which will avoid a government default.  ( 16 min )

These inventions in the fields of finance, healthcare, technology, food, and energy have greatly improved our standard of living.  ( 21 min )

Why the Oracle of Omaha's approach to investing has served him well over the years.  ( 24 min )

A depository is a facility such as a building, office, or warehouse in which something is deposited for storage or safeguarding. Learn more about how they work.  ( 24 min )

A dormant account is a customer bank deposit that has seen no activity other than the posting of interest for a long period of time. Here's what happens to dormant accounts.  ( 22 min )

If you pay off your car loan early, you can typically save money on the total cost of the loan as you reduce the amount of interest you pay.  ( 24 min )

Cboe Global Markets said all of its listed stocks in the U.S. and Canada can now be traded at the Cboe’s other exchanges in the U.K. and the Netherlands, and later on its Australia site.  ( 16 min )

3M shares jumped following a report of a settlement over claims of water pollution from "forever chemicals."  ( 16 min )

These four professional organizations are among the most respected and well known among financial advisors.  ( 22 min )

Taking steps to improve poor credit standing is called credit repair. You can do your own credit repair, but it can be labor intensive and time consuming.  ( 23 min )

Learn who the top 10 billionaires in the world are and how they built their wealth.  ( 33 min )

Construction Occupancy Protection Exposure (COPE) is a set of risks property insurance underwriters evaluate when writing insurance policies.  ( 23 min )

American Express is more than just a popular credit card issuer; it offers competitive savings account rates, too. Learn more about saving money with Amex.  ( 18 min )

A savings account is an essential part of your financial toolbox. Learn about Ally Bank savings accounts and their rates and decide if they are a fit for you.  ( 19 min )

The cash-strapped U.S. Treasury today auctioned $15 billion in bills maturing in one day as it awaits a resolution to the debt-ceiling impasse.  ( 17 min )

Edmund Phelps is an American professor of political economy at Columbia University and winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Economics.  ( 19 min )

Amazon is said to be considering a free or discounted mobile service for its Prime members, in a move that could impact its customers and shareholders of wireless service providers.  ( 17 min )

If you can avoid these mistakes when house-hunting, you'll be more likely to find a home that suits both your feelings and your finances.  ( 29 min )

The valuation period is the time period during which value is determined for variable investment options.  ( 21 min )

A check is a written, dated, and signed draft that contains an order directing a bank to pay a definite sum of money to a payee. Learn how checks work.  ( 25 min )

Sovereign default is a failure by a government to repay its country's debts.  ( 25 min )

Here's why all or part of your 401(k) plan may not be accessible after your employment ends. In time, you may (or may not) receive all the funds.  ( 23 min )

A money-weighted rate of return is the rate of return that will set the present values of all cash flows equal to the value of the initial investment.  ( 22 min )

Holding period return is the total return received from holding an asset or portfolio of assets over a period of time, and is generally expressed as a percentage.  ( 23 min )

Markets soared midday on Friday following Senate passage of the debt ceiling bill and the Labor Department's jobs report showing more jobs were added to the economy than expected last month.  ( 16 min )

Online shoplifting is a type of theft involving dishonest chargebacks and piracy targeting online or ecommerce merchants.  ( 18 min )

Operating leverage can tell you a lot about a company and its future profitability, and the level of risk it offers to investors. Learn the pros and cons.  ( 24 min )

MongoDB's profit and sales exceeded analysts' forecasts and CEO Dev Ittycheria said the company is well positioned to gain from the AI boom.  ( 16 min )

Lululemon's earnings and revenue beat estimates as sales in China soared after COVID-19 restrictions were lifted.  ( 16 min )

A buying hedge is a transaction used by companies and investors to hedge against increases in the price of assets underlying a futures contract.  ( 19 min )

Private equity (PE) has gained a great amount of influence in today's financial marketplace. Check out what it is and how it operates.  ( 29 min )

A bid-ask spread is the amount by which the ask price exceeds the bid price for an asset in the market.  ( 24 min )

A report Friday sent contradictory signals about the job market, showing the economy was both gaining and losing jobs—thanks to a quirk in the way the government gathers data.  ( 17 min )

Inflation is the economic impact where the cost of goods and services rises. Learn how to hedge against inflation and mitigate the effects of inflation.  ( 25 min )

Rates on 30-year mortgages fell for a third day in a row. They're now more than a half percent below Friday's high, and at their lowest point in two weeks.  ( 19 min )

Speculation refers to the act of conducting a financial transaction that has substantial risk of losing value but also holds the expectation of a significant gain.  ( 24 min )

Can the U.S. government tighten its belt enough to dig itself out of debt? Here are options to reduce the national debt, beyond cutting spending and raising income taxes  ( 20 min )

The labor market once again blew past the expectations of economists—the consensus forecast called for only 188,000 jobs to be gained, according to Wells Fargo Securities.  ( 17 min )

You can open an offshore bank account to bank in another country, but the process can be take longer. Here's how opening an offshore bank account works.  ( 26 min )

It’s better to think long term than to panic and sell stock at a low during a downturn, but you need to have a strategy for different outcomes.  ( 26 min )

The Senate passed a bill Thursday night, averting a looming debt crisis and potential economic disaster.  ( 16 min )

ICE's Brent crude futures contract will reflect the addition of West Texas Intermediate crude oil to the basket of North Sea oil sources it uses to assess Brent prices, the benchmark for about 80% of global oil trades.  ( 18 min )

Real-time gross settlement is the continuous process of settling payments on an individual order basis without netting debits with credits.  ( 22 min )

The money you have stored on a mobile payment app may be at more risk than you think if the company providing it runs into financial trouble, the government’s consumer watchdog has warned.  ( 17 min )

The jobs report is expected to show a slowdown in hiring and the debt ceiling bill heads to the president's desk for signature. Here’s what investors need to know today.  ( 17 min )

Risk-weighted assets are used to determine the minimum amount of capital that must be held by a bank, by assigning risk levels to each type of asset.  ( 22 min )

A custodian bank is a financial institution that holds customers' securities in electronic or physical form to minimize the risk of theft or loss.  ( 25 min )

Markets rose after a strong jobs report and Senate passage of the debt ceiling bill, which will avoid a government default.  ( 1 min )

Cboe Global Markets said all of its listed stocks in the U.S. and Canada can now be traded at the Cboe’s other exchanges in the U.K. and the Netherlands, and later on its Australia site.  ( 1 min )

Markets soared midday on Friday following Senate passage of the debt ceiling bill and the Labor Department's jobs report showing more jobs were added to the economy than expected last month.  ( 1 min )

The jobs report is expected to show a slowdown in hiring and the debt ceiling bill heads to the president's desk for signature. Here’s what investors need to know today.  ( 1 min )

3M shares jumped following a report of a settlement over claims of water pollution from "forever chemicals."  ( 1 min )

Amazon is said to be considering a free or discounted mobile service for its Prime members, in a move that could impact its customers and shareholders of wireless service providers.  ( 1 min )

MongoDB's profit and sales exceeded analysts' forecasts and CEO Dev Ittycheria said the company is well positioned to gain from the AI boom.  ( 1 min )

Lululemon's earnings and revenue beat estimates as sales in China soared after COVID-19 restrictions were lifted.  ( 1 min )

Het Britse olie- en gasbedrijf BP en het British Museum zetten na 27 jaar een punt achter de sponsoring. Het museum maakt zich daarmee los van de fossiele industrie, wat campagnevoerders toejuichen.  ( 3 min )

Vanaf de zomer van 2024 rijden maandenlang geen Eurostar-treinen van Amsterdam naar Londen. Vanwege de verbouwing van Amsterdam Centraal is er geen ruimte meer voor de douane. Het kan elf maanden duren voordat de treinen weer rijden vanuit Amsterdam, schrijft staatssecretaris Vivianne Heijnen (Infrastructuur) in een Kamerbrief.  ( 3 min )

ING is vrijdagmiddag opnieuw door een storing getroffen. Klanten van de bank kregen geen toegang tot de app en internetbankieren. Daardoor konden zij niet bij hun bankrekening en dus geen geld overboeken. De bank meldt iets voor 17.00 uur aan NU.nl dat de problemen verholpen zijn.  ( 4 min )

Topman Sergio Ermotti van de Zwitserse bank UBS waarschuwt voor "pijnlijke" besluiten over het schrappen van banen na de overname van branchegenoot Credit Suisse.  ( 3 min )

Werknemers krijgen straks meer ruimte om hetzelfde werk bij een concurrent te doen als hun dienstverband erop zit. Op dit moment zitten ze soms ten onrechte vast door een concurrentiebeding. Dat zit de doorstroom op de arbeidsmarkt in de weg, vindt verantwoordelijk minister Karien van Gennip.  ( 5 min )

Terwijl landen met horten en stoten proberen hun CO2-uitstoot terug te dringen, blijft er grote onzekerheid over andere broeikasgassen. Het is onduidelijk of we de uitstoot van gassen als methaan wel genoeg kúnnen verminderen om de opwarming van de aarde te beperken tot 1,5 graden, blijkt uit nieuw onderzoek.  ( 6 min )

Bierbrouwer Heineken heeft vorige week posters en digitale afbeeldingen weggehaald nadat er klachten waren over de leeftijd van de modellen. Die leken veel jonger dan 25 jaar, en dat mag niet in reclames voor alcoholische drankjes.  ( 3 min )

ING is vrijdagmiddag opnieuw getroffen door een storing. Klanten van de bank krijgen geen toegang tot de app. Daardoor kunnen zij niet bij hun bankrekening en is het overboeken van geld onmogelijk.  ( 3 min )

De onrust onder het personeel van autofabriek VDL Nedcar in het Limburgse Born houdt aan. De werknemers leggen maandag opnieuw 24 uur lang het werk neer. Later in de week volgen meer acties.  ( 3 min )

China gaat een gat van meer dan 11 kilometer boren in de hoop daar meer fossiele energie te vinden. Zelden in de geschiedenis is er dieper geboord en voor de Chinezen is het zelfs een record.  ( 3 min )

Prijzen van basisvoedsel als graan, zuivel en palmolie zijn vorige maand verder gedaald. Daardoor staan ze nu op het laagste niveau sinds april 2021. Dit komt onder meer door de verlenging van de graandeal tussen Rusland en Oekraïne en een betere oogst. De lagere prijzen kunnen ertoe leiden dat we straks minder kwijt zijn in de supermarkt.  ( 4 min )

China gaat een gat van meer dan 11 kilometer boren in de hoop daar meer fossiele energie te vinden. Zelden in de geschiedenis is er dieper geboord en voor de Chinezen is het zelfs een record.  ( 3 min )

De VriendenLoterij en de Nationale Postcode Loterij hebben een dwangsom gekregen omdat ze online spellen aanbieden zonder dat ze daar de juiste vergunning voor hebben. De loterijen zijn zich van geen kwaad bewust en hebben bezwaar aangetekend.  ( 3 min )

Facebook-moederbedrijf Meta heeft een nieuwe virtualrealitybril (VR-bril) aangekondigd. Dankzij camera's aan de buitenzijde van de Meta Quest 3, kunnen dragers voor het eerst de echte wereld door een VR-bril bekijken. Zo kun je met de bril nu virtuele meubels en bordspellen zien.  ( 4 min )

Prijzen van basisvoedsel als graan, zuivel en palmolie zijn vorige maand verder gedaald. Dat komt onder meer door de verlenging van de graandeal tussen Rusland en Oekraïne en een betere oogst. De lagere prijzen kunnen ertoe leiden dat we straks minder kwijt zijn in de supermarkt.  ( 3 min )

Een meerderheid van de Amerikaanse senatoren heeft donderdag voor een verhoging van het schuldenplafond van de Amerikaanse overheid gestemd. Dit voorkomt dat de Verenigde Staten voor het eerst in de geschiedenis niet meer aan zijn betalingsverplichtingen kan voldoen.  ( 3 min )

The nation’s employers stepped up their hiring in May, adding a robust 339,000 jobs, well above expectations and evidence of strength in an economy that the Federal Reserve is desperately trying to cool. The unemployment rate rose to 3.7%, from a five-decade low of 3.4% in April. The stronger hiring demonstrates the job market's resilience after more than a year of rapid interest rate increases by the Fed. Many industries, from construction to restaurants to health care, are still adding jobs to keep up with consumer demand and restore their workforces to pre-pandemic levels.  ( 8 min )

Dell beat expectations despite continues macro headwinds. The company hinted that it is feeling more upbeat on the outlook for the 2023 second half.  ( 22 min )

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Electric truck maker Nikola Corp may execute a reverse stock split if its stock does not comply with Nasdaq's minimum bid price requirements within a certain period, its chief executive Michael Lohscheller said on Thursday. A reverse stock split consolidates the number of existing shares into fewer shares. Nikola, which closed at about 57 cents on Thursday, said last week it received a delisting notice from the stock exchange.  ( 6 min )

(Bloomberg) -- Broadcom Inc., one of the world’s biggest chipmakers, said that artificial intelligence spending is helping fuel sales, but not enough to offset a broader post-pandemic slowdown. Most Read from BloombergChina Is Drilling a 10,000-Meter-Deep Hole Into the EarthInside the Making of Redfall, Xbox’s Latest MisfireDebt-Limit Deal Passes the House, Easing US Default ConcernsWall Street Banks Are Using AI to Rewire the World of FinanceBillionaire Perot Warns of Real Estate Recession as L  ( 7 min )

The Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF is down about 16% from a multiyear peak in late 2022, and the SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF is down about 30%.  ( 23 min )

Some may hate a lot in the debt ceiling package, but economists say the plan's actually a good compromise that'll benefit everyone. Here's why.  ( 9 min )

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Tech stocks are racing past the broader market today. Traders are rushing to play the move higher. The recent rally has been marked by heavy activity in bullish options tied to tech. Nvidia call options hit one of the highest levels on record in recent sessions, as did activity in the Technology Se  ( 21 min )

Target continues to be in focus by market goers, now for a new reason.  ( 8 min )

Investors in the iPhone maker will be watching for any exciting business updates during the Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference next week.  ( 22 min )

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The AI software play's shares have been fluctuating wildly. But the CEO says the path ahead looks great.  ( 22 min )

(Bloomberg) -- 3M Co., DuPont de Nemours Inc. and other makers of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, have agreed to pay more than $100 million to resolve a Georgia city’s lawsuit claiming the chemicals polluted its drinking water, according to a person familiar with the matter.Most Read from BloombergChina Is Drilling a 10,000-Meter-Deep Hole Into the EarthInside the Making of Redfall, Xbox’s Latest MisfireWall Street Banks Are Using AI to Rewire the World of FinanceDebt-Limit Deal Pas  ( 8 min )

Ford Motor Co sued Blue Cross Blue Shield Association in U.S. court on Wednesday, accusing it of a price-fixing conspiracy that caused the automaker to pay inflated costs for health insurance products for its employees. The lawsuit Ford filed in Detroit federal court accused the insurer and its regional Michigan branch of unlawfully dividing up parts of the country in a scheme to reduce competition with each other in order to drive "astronomical profits." The allegations from Ford, employing more than 170,000 workers worldwide, relate to a $2.7 billion settlement that Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and its three dozen member companies reached in 2020 with corporate and individual policy holders in Alabama federal court.  ( 7 min )

Palantir Technologies Inc (NYSE: PLTR) stock grabbed eyeballs since its first-quarter beat and, more recently, with its collaboration with the Ukraine Ministry to support the defense and reconstruction of the country. The software company and cloud solutions provider will host its AI day on Thursday. The Thursday session volume surged to 46 million vs. the 100-day average of 51 million. However, Bear Cave slammed the software and cloud solutions provider co-founded by Peter Thiel and backed by t  ( 7 min )

Sir Rod Stewart has abandoned a deal to seal his 60-year career in music by selling his song catalogue after negotiations with a controversial industry mogul turned sour.  ( 9 min )

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Vanguard Group, the world's largest issuer of mutual funds, was fined and censured by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for errors appearing in about 8.5 million customer account statements. FINRA, Wall Street's self-regulatory organization, said in a filing signed last month by representatives of both parties that Vanguard overstated projected yield and projected annual income for nine money market funds from November 2019 to September 2020. "From at least October 2019 to June 2021, certain VMC account statements inaccurately presented market appreciation/depreciation and investment returns," the filing said.  ( 6 min )

The student loan pause was the first break for millennials since they graduated into the Great Recession. Now, they're bracing for payments to restart.  ( 8 min )

(Bloomberg) -- Shares of Rivian Automotive Inc., the money-losing electric vehicle startup, may get pushed out of the Nasdaq 100 Index as early as this month after plunging more than 90% from their record high, according to JP Morgan Securities.Most Read from BloombergChina Is Drilling a 10,000-Meter-Deep Hole Into the EarthInside the Making of Redfall, Xbox’s Latest MisfireDebt-Limit Deal Passes the House, Easing US Default ConcernsWall Street Banks Are Using AI to Rewire the World of FinanceBi  ( 7 min )

Warren Buffett and Jim Cramer are talented in their own right. One is an investing legend who has helped Berkshire Hathaway Inc. shareholders generate extraordinary returns for decades. The other is the charismatic host of “Mad Money” on CNBC who has made numerous intriguing stock picks, to the extent that there are now exchange-traded funds (ETFs) designed both in favor of and against his recommendations. If you want to follow Buffett’s coattails, you can check out Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK  ( 9 min )

J.P. Morgan analyst Christopher Horvers downgraded his rating on Target to Neutral from Overweight and cut his price target.  ( 22 min )

In a dispute about the pressure that organized labor can exert during a strike, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday against unionized drivers who walked off the job with their trucks full of wet concrete. The lone dissenter in the case, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, said the ruling would hinder the development of labor law and “erode the right to strike." Justice Amy Coney Barrett, writing for the majority, said the union failed to take reasonable precautions to protect the company's concrete when the drivers went on strike.  ( 7 min )

Generative AI has been a popular investment theme this year.  ( 22 min )

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Some customers with Apple savings accounts, which are a partnership with Goldman Sachs, say it has taken weeks to withdraw money.  ( 28 min )

Chief Executive Dave Calhoun explains why he isn't worried about ceding market share to rival Airbus.  ( 22 min )

The main piece of this week involved the debt ceiling deal reached by the White House and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The deal has passed the House and now awaits approval in the Senate for the US to avoid a default. The chances of it passing are good, says Raymond James CIO Larry Adam, who is “generally optimistic about the passage of the deal,” while also noting that the “reduction in uncertainty will be a net positive for the equity market. In any case, Adam notes that through the whole deb  ( 10 min )

After a three-year pause, borrowers will have to make monthly payments again starting Aug. 30.  ( 27 min )

(Bloomberg) -- In case there was any doubt, the lower-income US consumer is in full retreat.Most Read from BloombergChina Is Drilling a 10,000-Meter-Deep Hole Into the EarthInside the Making of Redfall, Xbox’s Latest MisfireDebt-Limit Deal Passes the House, Easing US Default ConcernsS&P 500 Almost Wipes Out Its Monthly Advance: Markets WrapBillionaire Perot Warns of Real Estate Recession as Loans Dry UpDollar General Corp.’s shares plunged the most since August 2016 after the discount retailer s  ( 8 min )

The money manager sent statements with incorrect information about fund yields and income, according to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.  ( 28 min )

Salesforce has a mixed quarter, leading to some mixed responses by Wall Street  ( 10 min )

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Big Tech valuations look reasonable when you factor in how quickly the powerhouse companies are growing earnings.  ( 22 min )

First came Bud Light. Then Target. Now more companies are facing potential pushback from a segment of customers unhappy with their embrace of the LGBTQ community.  ( 22 min )

A "nest egg" generally refers to retirement savings that you typically don't touch until you retire. It's the money you save for the future so that you have something to fall back on when you retire. Oftentimes, growing your nest … Continue reading → The post What Is a Nest Egg for Retirement? appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.  ( 10 min )

Retiring at 50 is a lofty goal that gives you plenty of time to pursue all the projects you couldn't get to in your career and make memories with friends and family. However, leaving the workforce 12 years before you … Continue reading → The post Is $5 Million Enough to Retire on at 50? appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.  ( 10 min )

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Stocks rose Thursday after the House passed a bill to extend the U.S. debt limit.  ( 8 min )

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J.P. Morgan downgraded its rating on the shares to Neutral from Overweight and its target price to $85 from $95.  ( 22 min )

The retailer's first-quarter earnings of $2.34 per share were slightly shy of the $2.38 per share analysts expected.  ( 22 min )

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(Bloomberg) -- The unwinding of the blank-check stock frenzy, one of the hottest pandemic-era trends on Wall Street, is playing out its last act on a different stage: the courtroom. Most Read from BloombergChina Is Drilling a 10,000-Meter-Deep Hole Into the EarthDebt-Limit Deal Passes the House, Easing US Default ConcernsS&P 500 Almost Wipes Out Its Monthly Advance: Markets WrapElon Musk Again World’s Richest Person as Arnault’s LVMH SinksBillionaire Perot Warns of Real Estate Recession as Loans  ( 9 min )

Following Arnault’s buyout of Boussac, the billionaire fired 9,000 people working for the company, sold off most of the group’s assets (except the Dior brand), and earned the nickname “the Terminator.”  ( 8 min )

Macy's slashed its outlook for the entire year with sales weakening sales in the first quarter during an increasingly challenging economic environment, including stubbornly high inflation. Shares tumbled more than 10% before the opening bell Thursday and dragged other retailers down as well. Macy's reported net income of $155 billion, or 56 cents per share, far short of the 45 cents Wall Street was looking for, and a significant decline from the $286 million earned during the same period last year.  ( 6 min )

Chief Executive Dave Calhoun explains why he isn't worried about ceding market share to rival Airbus.  ( 22 min )

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Boeing Co CEO Dave Calhoun downplayed speculation that China's maiden commercial flight of its domestically produced C919 narrowbody jet could foreshadow the end of the duopoly currently held by the U.S. planemaker and its European rival Airbus SE. On Sunday, China Eastern Airlines flew a C919 filled with passengers from Shanghai to Beijing - a milestone for manufacturer Commercial Aviation Corp of China (COMAC). Calhoun said the C919 is a "good airplane," but it will take a "long while" for COMAC to build the production capacity needed to meet Chinese airlines' demand.  ( 8 min )

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OPEC and its allies are unlikely to deepen supply cuts at their ministerial meeting on Sunday despite a fall in oil prices toward $70 per barrel, four sources from the alliance told Reuters. OPEC+, which groups the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies led by Russia, pumps around 40% of the world's crude and supplies around 60% of the oil export market, meaning its policy decisions can have a major price impact. As the economic outlook worsened, several members of OPEC+ in April pledged voluntary cuts starting from May and to continue to the end of the year.  ( 8 min )

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The billionaire Virgin founder shared his top advice for budding founders.  ( 8 min )

U.S. President Joe Biden's 2020 campaign promise to make wealthy Americans and corporations pay more in taxes to finance a range of social priorities breathed its last gasp, at least for this presidential term, with the debt ceiling deal he struck with Republicans on Saturday. The deal to cap discretionary spending and suspend the debt ceiling contains no tax rate changes to raise revenue; it also slashes new funding Biden had allocated to the hollowed-out Internal Revenue Service.  ( 8 min )

There’s really no hiding from AI anymore. Even if you don’t work with it professionally, chances are that AI has powered your search engine use, or you’ve at least tinkered with a chatbot like ChatGPT. Beyond that, AI is behind the targeted ads that we see on social media or Google; it tracks our internet and social media use, and selects ads accordingly. What this means for the future – of computing, of statistics, of data analysis, of marketing and advertising – hasn’t yet come fully into focu  ( 11 min )

What's moving most in the stock market today.  ( 23 min )

(Bloomberg) -- A lopsided trade relationship with India is forcing Russia to accumulate up to $1 billion each month in rupee assets that remain stranded outside the country, swelling the stockpile of capital it’s amassed abroad since the invasion of Ukraine.Most Read from BloombergChina Is Drilling a 10,000-Meter-Deep Hole Into the EarthDebt-Limit Deal Passes the House, Easing US Default ConcernsS&P 500 Almost Wipes Out Its Monthly Advance: Markets WrapElon Musk Again World’s Richest Person as A  ( 9 min )

Wall Street expects revenue to grow 7% year over year in the latest quarter.  ( 22 min )

Despite a meteoric rise in recent months, the valuations of big tech stocks appear reasonable when you factor in how quickly they are growing earnings.  ( 22 min )

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Saying ‘insider trading’ conjures up images of smoky back rooms and shady deals, but that’s only for the movies. In real life, insiders refer to corporate officers, such as CEOs, CFOs, COOs, and directors, who are responsible for running their companies profitably. They don’t take trading their own companies’ stocks lightly. While they may sell for various reasons, they only buy when they anticipate a rise in the share price. That makes the insiders’ trading moves one of the surest signs that in  ( 10 min )

Oil prices dipped in early trade on Thursday for the third straight session after data showed an unexpected, large build in U.S. crude stocks last week, triggering fears of an oversupply amid signs of weaker Chinese demand, too. Brent crude futures for August delivery fell 40 cents, or 0.6% to $72.20 a barrel by 0023 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) eased 39 cents, or 0.6%, to $67.70 a barrel. U.S. crude oil inventories rose by about 5.2 million barrels last week, according to market sources citing American Petroleum Institute figures on Wednesday.  ( 7 min )

A telegraphic transfer (TT) is an electronic method of transferring funds used primarily for overseas wire transactions.  ( 22 min )

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Iridium is a rare and expensive corrosion-resistant metal. Discover why iridium is used in the manufacture of aircraft, spark plugs, and tech devices.  ( 20 min )

The Dow Jones Industrial Average moved higher by more than 0.5%, or 153 points, as investors celebrated the House of Representatives passage of the debt-ceiling bill, which now goes to the Senate.  ( 16 min )

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Section 12D-1 and its exemptions under the Investment Company Act of 1940 provide rules and limits on how investment funds can invest in each other.  ( 20 min )

The price of one currency compared to another is not necessarily an indication of wealth, power, or strength.  ( 26 min )

Administrative services only (ASO) is an agreement that companies use when they fund their employee benefit plan but hire a vendor to administer it.  ( 22 min )

Hormel beats profit estimates, sending shares higher.  ( 16 min )

April construction spending rose, though high mortgage rates are weighing down on construction of single-family homes which, ideally, should be in demand amid a lack of housing inventory.  ( 17 min )

In FX, it's not the price environment that decides this for you. Learn the differences to see which you prefer.  ( 22 min )

Understanding different stock categories can help you make better-informed investment decisions. Here are some stock types investors need to know.  ( 23 min )

The swap rate is a special kind of interest rate that is utilized for the calculation of fixed payments in a derivative instrument called an interest rate swap.  ( 24 min )

A wirehouse is a term describing a full-service brokerage firm.  ( 19 min )

Whether a creditor can seize your retirement savings will depend on the type of account in which you are holding your money and the type of creditor.  ( 19 min )

When required payments on federally-held student loans resume this September, borrowers will have $5 billion a month less to spend on other things, putting stress on an economy already facing the prospect of a recession.  ( 17 min )

As the EU officially signs MiCA regulation into law, an EU Parliamentary study suggests crypto assets should be treated as securities by default. Is it vindication for SEC chair Gensler?  ( 17 min )

The inflation-adjusted return is a measure that accounts for the return period's inflation rate.  ( 24 min )

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The World Economic Forum (WEF) holds a yearly conference in Davos, Switzerland, for leaders in business and politics to discuss global issues.  ( 22 min )

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A Supreme Court ruling has made it harder for investors to sue over direct listing stock offerings, potentially making them a more appealing option for companies going public.  ( 18 min )

Reverse mortgages have two primary criteria—you must be at least 62 years old and you must own a significant amount of equity in your home.  ( 24 min )

Meta Platforms Inc. unveiled its latest virtual reality (VR) headset Thursday, just days before Apple Inc. is expected to jump into the ring with its own augmented reality headset.  ( 17 min )

U.S. equities gained at midday on Thursday, June 1, 2023 following House passage of the debt ceiling bill.  ( 16 min )

Tear sheets are used to describe S&P's summary sheets for public companies in the days before the internet.  ( 19 min )

Nordstrom reported a surprise quarterly profit and better-than-expected revenue.  ( 16 min )

Borrowers could lower their monthly mortgage payments without having to refinance at decades-high interest rates under a new proposal from the Federal Housing Authority.  ( 17 min )

While a debt consolidation loan can be a personal loan, business debt consolidation loans are also available. Additionally, there are more kinds of personal loans than just debt consolidation loans.  ( 21 min )

Salesforce shares dropped after the cloud-based enterprise software provider reported higher-than-expected spending and warned of changes in customer buying behavior.  ( 16 min )

Balance transfers and personal loans can help improve your finances, but they are different products. A balance transfer focuses on moving your debt from one creditor to another, usually for a lower interest rate, while a personal loan is a new debt.  ( 22 min )

Although most negative information stays on your credit report for seven years, there are exceptions you should be aware of.  ( 24 min )

A direct public offering (DPO) is an offering where the company offers its securities directly to the public without financial intermediaries.  ( 26 min )

Southwestern Energy, Mirati Therapeutics, and First Solar are top US stocks Russell 3000 in June 2023 for value, growth, and momentum, respectively.  ( 23 min )

Elon Musk has once again become the world's richest person as a sputtering Chinese economy hurts Bernard Arnault's luxury goods empire.  ( 16 min )

Rates on 30-year mortgages fell for a second day in a row, now down 36 basis points from Friday's high. All other purchase rates, except for 7/6 ARM loans, were also down.  ( 20 min )

When you add a teen to your car insurance policy, you can expect to costs to rise. How much your car insurance rates will rise will depend on a number of factors.  ( 24 min )

Divorce is hard. Here's a step-by-step look at how the divorce process works, from separations to filing the divorce petition to finalizing the judgment.  ( 24 min )

A bill suspending the nation’s debt ceiling until 2025 is now in the hands of the Senate, a major step toward averting a government default that threatened economic catastrophe.  ( 17 min )

A triggering term is a word or phrase that requires the presentation of the terms of a credit agreement when used in advertising literature.  ( 22 min )

The House sends the debt ceiling bill to the Senate and the ADP is expected to report private payroll job growth slowed in May. Here’s what investors need to know today.  ( 18 min )

The last time mortgage lenders did this little business, Bill Clinton was president, there was no such thing as an iPod, and a typical house cost $147,000.  ( 16 min )

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average moved higher by more than 0.5%, or 153 points, as investors celebrated the House of Representatives passage of the debt-ceiling bill, which now goes to the Senate.  ( 1 min )

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U.S. equities gained at midday on Thursday, June 1, 2023 following House passage of the debt ceiling bill.  ( 1 min )

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Nederlanders hebben ook in 2022 meer schone energie verbruikt dan het jaar ervoor. Vooral het gebruik van zonnepanelen zit in de lift. Biomassa is juist minder verstookt en ook het gasverbruik - dat niet duurzaam is - is flink gedaald. Dat blijkt uit cijfers van statistiekbureau CBS.  ( 3 min )

Gerard Sanderink is in zeven maanden tijd bij twee van zijn bedrijven buitenspel gezet door de rechter. Hoe kan dit als de omstreden miljonair volledig eigenaar en bestuursvoorzitter van Strukton is en dat eerder van Centric was?  ( 7 min )

Sander Schimmelpenninck en Eline Hintzen, achterkleindochter van Frits Philips, zoeken uit wat er is overgebleven van de nalatenschap van de familie Philips. In de vierde aflevering kijken ze naar de grote impact die Philips heeft gehad op Eindhoven. De komende weken zie je iedere donderdag vanaf 17.00 uur een nieuwe aflevering op NU.nl.  ( 3 min )

De casino's van het Aziatische gokparadijs Macau draaien weer als vanouds. De omzet steeg in mei met maar liefst 366 procent tot 1,93 miljard dollar (1,8 miljard euro). Dat is het hoogste niveau sinds het begin van de coronacrisis in januari 2020.  ( 2 min )

De inflatie in de eurozone is nog steeds te hoog, waardoor een strikter monetair beleid noodzakelijk is. Dat heeft president Christine Lagarde van de Europese Centrale Bank (ECB) donderdag gezegd.  ( 3 min )

Sander Schimmelpenninck en Eline Hintzen, achterkleindochter van Frits Philips, zoeken uit wat er is overgebleven van de nalatenschap van de familie Philips. In de vierde aflevering kijken ze naar de grote impact die Philips heeft gehad op Eindhoven. De komende weken zie je iedere donderdag vanaf 17.00 uur een nieuwe aflevering op NU.nl.  ( 3 min )

De inflatie is afgelopen maand wéér gestegen, maar experts zien geen reden tot paniek. De dalende energiekosten en goede oogsten voorspellen dat de markt weer tot rust kan komen. Maar door vertragingen in de voedselketen betaal je in de supermarkt nog wel de volle mep.  ( 6 min )

Een meerderheid van de twaalfduizend werknemers in de Nederlandse zuivelindustrie gaat akkoord met de nieuwe cao. Dat betekent dat de lonen met bijna 12 procent omhooggaan en nieuwe stakingen definitief van de baan zijn.  ( 3 min )

Ondernemer Gerard Sanderink is langer geschorst als topman van bouwbedrijf Strukton. Rechters hebben het beheer over zijn aandelen in dat bedrijf en holdingmaatschappij Oranjewoud overgedragen aan iemand anders.  ( 2 min )

Zelfstandigen betalen straks gemiddeld 225 euro per maand voor een verplichte arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekering. Dat verwacht minister Karien van Gennip (Sociale Zaken). Voor zelfstandigen met lagere inkomens valt de premie lager uit. Ook is het bedrag aftrekbaar van de belasting.  ( 3 min )

De Eerste Kamer stemde dinsdag in met de nieuwe pensioenwet. In het nieuwe stelsel wordt 1.500 miljard euro verdeeld in twintig miljoen persoonlijke pensioenpotjes. Daardoor gaat je pensioen sneller omhoog óf omlaag. Op het nieuwe pensioenstelsel werd op ons reactieplatform NUjij flink gereageerd. Veel NUjij'ers hadden hierbij de nodige vragen. Economieredacteur Thijs Rösken geeft antwoord.  ( 5 min )

Autofabriek VDL Nedcar gaat in november al een groot deel van het personeel ontslaan. Duizend werknemers en nog eens 800 uitzendkrachten die in Born in Limburg werken, moeten in het najaar vertrekken. Dat terwijl de fabriek nog tot maart 2024 MINI's maakt voor BMW.  ( 5 min )

Verzekeraar Allianz ziet dat er steeds meer branden zijn op schepen. Vorig jaar waren er ruim tweehonderd incidenten, het grootste aantal in tien jaar. Acht schepen gingen hierbij verloren. De oorzaak wordt onder meer gezocht in het groeiende transport van goederen met batterijen, zoals elektrische auto's.  ( 4 min )

De wereldwijde capaciteit van duurzame energie groeit dit jaar naar verwachting met 440 gigawatt. Het is de grootste groei ooit, meldt energieagentschap IEA donderdag. Dat de groei versnelt, komt onder meer door subsidies, hoge prijzen voor fossiele energie en het dichtdraaien van de gaskraan door Rusland.  ( 4 min )

In bijna alle Europese landen stijgen prijzen steeds minder hard. Daarop is één uitzondering: Nederland. In ons land lopen prijzen juist weer harder op.  ( 3 min )

Het overgrote deel van de werknemers in de distributiecentra van Albert Heijn heeft ingestemd met de nieuwe cao. Stakingen zijn daarmee definitief van de baan, laten de vakbonden FNV en CNV donderdag weten.  ( 3 min )

KPN vraagt vanaf 1 juli gemiddeld 3,17 euro meer per maand voor zijn internetpakketten. De telecomprovider verhoogt de prijs vanwege de hoog opgelopen inflatie.  ( 3 min )

Tesla-topman en Twitter-eigenaar Elon Musk is weer de rijkste persoon op aarde. Hij neemt het stokje over van Bernard Arnault, de Franse bestuurder van luxeconcern LVMH, bekend van kledingmerk Louis Vuitton en Moët & Chandon-champagne.  ( 3 min )

De wereldwijde capaciteit van duurzame energie groeit dit jaar naar verwachting met 440 gigawatt. Het is de grootste groei ooit, meldt energieagentschap IEA donderdag. Dat de groei versnelt, komt onder meer door subsidies, hoge prijzen voor fossiele energie en het dichtdraaien van de gaskraan door Rusland.  ( 4 min )

Amazon heeft in de Verenigde Staten een schikking van omgerekend bijna 29 miljoen euro getroffen. Toezichthouder FTC had een zaak tegen het techbedrijf aangespannen. Amazon zou met zijn Ring-videodeurbellen en slimme Alexa-luidsprekers de privacy van gebruikers schenden.  ( 3 min )

Prijzen van goederen en diensten waren vorige maand 6,1 procent hoger dan een jaar eerder. Dat is een grotere stijging dan in april, toen de inflatie uitkwam op 5,2 procent. Dat blijkt uit cijfers van statistiekbureau CBS.  ( 3 min )

Vroeger werden vooral geteeld in Zeeland en Flevoland, nu is de uienteelt ook populair in andere delen van Nederland. Steeds meer boeren verbouwen uien.  ( 3 min )

Een meerderheid in het Amerikaanse Huis van Afgevaardigden heeft gestemd voor de verhoging van het schuldenplafond van de overheid. De onlangs gesloten deal is daarmee goedgekeurd door het parlement in de Verenigde Staten.  ( 3 min )

Jongeren die hun eerste huis willen kopen, kunnen de hypotheekadviseur links laten liggen en bij een robotadviseur aankloppen. Een computermodel van De Hypotheekshop zegt op basis van een algoritme welke hypotheek bij welke bank ze moeten nemen.  ( 5 min )

De krapte op de arbeidsmarkt houdt de komende jaren aan. In sectoren als de zorg, ICT, techniek en het onderwijs is sprake van een structureel tekort aan personeel. Ook is er veel behoefte aan vakmensen vanuit het mbo, zoals loodgieters.  ( 5 min )

Hormel beats profit estimates, sending shares higher.  ( 1 min )

Salesforce shares dropped after the cloud-based enterprise software provider reported higher-than-expected spending and warned of changes in customer buying behavior.  ( 1 min )

(Bloomberg) -- C3.ai Inc. plunged more than 15% in extended trading after providing a fiscal-year revenue outlook that fell short of analysts’ estimates, fueling concerns the artificial intelligence software company is not living up to the investor enthusiasm that has seen its stock price more than triple this year.Sales will increase 11% to 20% to a midpoint of $307.5 million in the fiscal year ending April 2024, the Redwood City, California-based company said Wednesday in a statement. Analysts  ( 7 min )

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The electric vehicle boom isn’t just about passenger cars and trucks, it’s also about the millions of speedboats and other recreational boats  ( 18 min )

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C3.ai shares were punished by investors on Thursday after the company failed to deliver the kind of blowout numbers recently reported by some peers in the AI race.  ( 8 min )

C3.ai posted better than expected fourth quarter earnings on Wednesday, but shares of the company fell more than 12% in after hours trading.  ( 8 min )

Elon Musk expects residential and commercial property values to slide as higher interest rates, recession fears, and tighter lending take their toll.  ( 7 min )

Amid turnaround efforts, the company lifts its margin goals for the year.  ( 26 min )

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The pet-product retailer reported a surprise profit.  ( 22 min )

Advance Auto Parts plunged 35% after cutting the company cut its dividend and slashed its full year guidance.  ( 7 min )

Fears of a recession causing havoc to the markets are not reserved solely to the average investor. Even some of Wall Street’s most lauded stock pickers are worried about the implications. Citing an unnerving disconnect between the current positioning of stocks and bonds – essentially, the bond market pricing in a recession while stocks appear to factor in a more optimistic outlook – billionaire Cliff Asness thinks things could get hairy if a recession comes into play. “If inflation stays sticky  ( 10 min )

The identity management software company posted April quarter results that topped guidance for sales and earnings.  ( 25 min )

Dow had previously projected revenue for the ongoing quarter in the range of $11.75 billion to $12.25 billion. At a Bernstein conference, Dow flagged that demand in China continues to be "uneven", and said it witnessed lower-than-expected demand for home appliances and building materials in April. Weaker demand in other sectors affect Dow, which sells its products such as coatings and adhesives to industries ranging from automobiles and food packaging to electronics.  ( 6 min )

US stocks closed lower Wednesday as investors kept a watchful eye on the prospects for the debt-limit deal in an expected House floor vote later. Meanwhile, strong US jobs data and China’s economic woes pressured global markets.  ( 9 min )

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The electric, autonomous air taxi start-up is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Boeing.  ( 22 min )

The question isn't so easy to answer. A look at the auto maker's stock charts can help.  ( 22 min )

Intel was best-performing stock in the DOW after the company said current quarter revenue would be at the high end of its guidance.  ( 16 min )

Stocks have climbed in 2023 after suffering through a bear market in 2022. But according to legendary investor Jim Rogers, the next downturn could be more painful. In a recent interview with Real Vision, Rogers explained why his outlook is so bleak. “[In] 2008, we had a bear market because of too much debt,” he said. “Look out the window since 2008, debt everywhere has skyrocketed.” And that does not bode well for investors. “It’s a simple statement that the next bear market will be the worst in  ( 8 min )

Walmart is raising wages for thousands of U.S. pharmacists and optometrists, the retailer said on Wednesday, part of its broader plan to expand primary care services across the country. The Bentonville, Arkansas-based chain said about 3,700 pharmacists would get a bump in pay starting on Wednesday, bringing their total annual average pay to more than $140,000, excluding bonuses and incentives. More than 4,000 opticians will also receive fatter paychecks, with their average hourly pay rising to more than $22.50 with this investment, Walmart executives wrote in a blog post.  ( 7 min )

The student loan moratorium has weighed on SoFi shares for nearly two years. Investors are betting that headwind may soon be out of the way thanks to the new debt ceiling deal.  ( 8 min )

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang urged businesses and workers to take advantage of A.I. to “supercharge” their performance.  ( 8 min )

Advance Auto Parts continues to struggle amid higher costs and inflationary pressures, opening a door for its competitors.  ( 14 min )

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against Amazon.com's doorbell camera unit Ring, according to a filing with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The FTC said Ring gave employees unrestricted access to customers' sensitive video data said "as a result of this dangerously overbroad access and lax attitude toward privacy and security, employees and third-party contractors were able to view, download, and transfer customers' sensitive video data for their own purposes."  ( 5 min )

Target said on May 24 that it had removed some Pride Month-related offerings and changed its LGBTQ-friendly merchandise assortment after a backlash.  ( 22 min )

A wave of corporate defaults is looming, with the U.S. expected to be hit harder than Europe, Deutsche Bank said in a Wednesday report. Its strategists forecast that credit losses will rise steadily this year, before picking up more sharply in 2024, when they expect a recession in the U.S. "Our cy  ( 20 min )

Nielson data through May 20 shows that Bud Light volume declines are continuing to accelerate, slumping 27.2%, compared with a 25% fall the prior week.  ( 22 min )

Software firm C3.ai reports earnings after the close Wednesday, one day after a 33% spike in the company's share price amid an investor frenzy for artificial-intelligence stocks.  ( 22 min )

The first half of the year has been bright for Microsoft—and Wall Street is paying close attention.  ( 22 min )

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US stocks traded down Wednesday as investors kept a watchful eye on the prospects for the debt-limit deal in an expected House floor vote later. Meanwhile, US jobs data and China’s economic woes pressured global markets.  ( 9 min )

Exxon Mobil Corp. shareholders on Wednesday overwhelmingly supported the company's views on climate reports and strategies, rejecting proposals for report on methane, greenhouse gas reporting and oil-spill preparations by a wide margin. None of the initiative proposals received more than 36% of votes cast, according to early results at the online shareholder meeting. Results showed a lessening of support for proposals designed to strengthen oil and gas firms contributions to tackling climate change.  ( 7 min )

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Advance Auto Parts plunges more than 30% after cutting its dividend and slashing its full year guidance.  ( 7 min )

SoFi Technologies shares rose amid optimism the online financial firm could benefit from a provision in the government debt ceiling agreement reinstating student loan repayments.  ( 18 min )

My company provides both a traditional and Roth 401(k) option. My question is whether I should contribute to a traditional 401(k), Roth 401(k) or a mix of both. I am 31 years old, single and live in San Francisco. My … Continue reading → The post Ask an Advisor: I'm 31, Make $80k Per Year and Have About $250k in Assets. Should I Switch to a Roth 401(k)? appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.  ( 9 min )

The boom in chip maker's stock has Wall Street wondering where they will go next. Technical analysis is a good place to start figuring that out.  ( 22 min )

Software giant Salesforce had a blockbuster January quarter. It reports earnings for the April quarter on Wednesday, after the market closes.  ( 22 min )

NYU's Aswath Damodaran explains why Nvidia doesn’t belong in the trillion-dollar club.  ( 23 min )

A single deal with Elon Musk's Tesla Inc. propelled a little-known family to a staggering $1.2 billion fortune. Don’t Miss: Thanks to changes in federal law, anyone can invest in EV startups L&F Co. Ltd., a South Korean company that produces high-nickel cathodes for electric vehicle batteries, received a $2.9 billion order from the electric car maker, causing its share price to soar 82% in the past year. As a result, the listed holdings of Hur Jae-hong and his family, the owners of L&F, have sur  ( 8 min )

Occidental Petroleum Corp (NYSE: OXY) stock is down Wednesday as Berkshire Hathaway Inc (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) ramps up its stake in the oil company. The Warren Buffett-backed conglomerate owns 24.9% of Occidental Petroleum after buying about $275 million of stock in the energy company recently, Barron's reports. The firm procured 4.66 million shares of Occidental Petroleum on Thursday, Friday, and Tuesday in the open market, bringing its total ownership to 222 million shares worth $13 bill  ( 7 min )

Toyota will invest another $2.1 billion in an electric and hybrid vehicle battery factory that's under construction near Greensboro, North Carolina. The plant will supply batteries to Toyota's huge complex in Georgetown, Kentucky, which will build Toyota's first U.S.-made electric vehicle, a new SUV with three rows of seats. The plans, announced Wednesday, won't immediately create any more jobs at either the Kentucky or North Carolina factories.  ( 8 min )

Investors are constantly looking for stocks that will yield massive returns. That being said, finding these stocks can seem like an overwhelming task. Not to mention it can be expensive. Some of the most well-known names like Amazon and Alphabet can put you out thousands of dollars for just a single share. However, snapping up stocks with strong long-term growth prospects doesn’t have to cost you your entire savings. Defined these days as stocks priced under $5 per share, the penny stocks offer  ( 10 min )

The regulator said thousands of banks lost $472 billion in deposits during the first quarter, the biggest drop since it began collecting such data in 1984.  ( 9 min )

U.S. stock indexes fell on Wednesday as a deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling headed for a pivotal vote by lawmakers, while unexpectedly strong labor market data reinforced bets of another interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve. A bill to lift the $31.4 trillion U.S. debt ceiling and achieve new federal spending cuts made its way to the House of Representatives for debate on Tuesday and an expected vote on passage is due later on Wednesday.  ( 8 min )

A consumer backlash to Bud Light beer has spread to other Anheuser-Busch beers, according to a Bank of America report, further dragging down shares that have been sliding since the start of May. Bud Light sales vo  ( 21 min )

NEW YORK (Reuters) -JPMorgan Chase & Co's former general counsel Stephen Cutler wrote in a 2011 email that the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein should not be a client of the bank, according to a transcript of a deposition of Chief Executive Jamie Dimon seen by Reuters. The largest U.S. bank faces lawsuits seeking damages by women who claim that Epstein sexually abused them, and by the U.S. Virgin Islands, where the late financier had a home. Epstein was a JPMorgan client from 2000 to 2013, remaining so after pleading guilty in 2008 to a Florida state prostitution charge.  ( 7 min )

US stocks opened lower Wednesday morning, as investors kept a watchful eye on the prospects for the debt-limit deal in an expected House floor vote later. Meanwhile, China’s economic woes pressured global markets.  ( 8 min )

The analysts from J.P. Morgan upgraded Chevron's stock to Neutral after keeping it at Sell equivalent for more than a year.  ( 22 min )

Retirement isn't always planned. For most people, reaching retirement age means finishing a lifetime of hard work. They have saved up enough to rest and enjoy their days without a daily grind. That isn't always the case though. Occasionally someone … Continue reading → The post How to Handle a Forced Retirement appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.  ( 11 min )

AI remained in focus Wednesday, playing a role in some of the day's notable moves.  ( 23 min )

As beer drinkers walk by fully stacked shelves of Bud Light, more and more Americans are reaching for Modelo Especial following controversy over a transgender influencer.  ( 8 min )

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HP Inc. is plotting an AI future as sales of PCs continue to be under pressure.  ( 8 min )

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Investors have gotten too bearish on Covid-19 vaccine-makers.  ( 26 min )

Most totalitarian regimes never prosper for more than a generation or two. The parasitic behaviors of such governments eventually drain the economy.  ( 12 min )

Activist hedge fund Legion Partners has met with the board and management of the software company.  ( 22 min )

US stock futures drifted downward Wednesday morning as investors kept a watchful eye on the debt-limit deal ahead of the House floor vote. However, China’s economic woes pressured global markets.  ( 8 min )

The company also cut its full-year sales forecast and quarterly cash dividend. "We expect the competitive dynamics we faced in the first quarter to continue, resulting in a shortfall to our 2023 expectations," Chief Executive Officer Tom Greco said in a statement.  ( 7 min )

Former top JPMorgan executive Jes Staley said in legal documents that he communicated with CEO Jamie Dimon about the bank’s business with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.  ( 29 min )

Oil prices will creep up from current levels as major producer group OPEC+ maintains restrictions on supplies, but economic headwinds will keep them below $90 a barrel this year, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday. Most analysts expect oil to trade around the $80-level per barrel this year, with data and analytics firm Kpler noting that "macroeconomic concerns are a major driver of crude prices this year, overshadowing relatively tight fundamentals." West Texas Intermediate (WTI) U.S. crude is expected to average $79.20 a barrel in 2023, down from the previous month's $82.23 consensus.  ( 7 min )

Oil from Texas will soon be part of the calculation known as Brent crude.  ( 28 min )

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JPMorgan's CEO is currently in Shanghai for a series of conferences, in his first visit to mainland China since the COVID pandemic.  ( 8 min )

Hundreds of Credit Suisse's employees are resigning each week in a sign of uncertainty gripping the lender while it is being taken over by rival UBS, two people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. Credit Suisse bankers, worried about their future are seeking safer employment at competitors, one person said. Swiss newspaper Blick reported earlier on Wednesday that each day around 150 people worldwide were resigning from Credit Suisse while one of the two people said they saw about 200 resignations a week.  ( 7 min )

Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang Jen-hsun said China's ability to catch up in chip technology should not be underrated, as the country pours massive resources into shoring up the sector amid mounting export restrictions by the US and its allies. The world's most valuable chip maker, which has been barred by Washington from selling its most advanced chips to customers in China, must "run very fast" to stay competitive, Huang told reporters at a round table at Computex Taipei, an annual technol  ( 8 min )

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Millennials may no longer be the economic victims of years past. While they're making up lost ground, three major hurdles still stand in their way.  ( 10 min )

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(Bloomberg) -- Cathie Wood said software providers will be the next to ride on the artificial intelligence frenzy driven by Nvidia Corp.Most Read from BloombergWinklevoss Twins Attempt Pivot After Gemini Loses Money and EmployeesPutin Orders Tighter Defenses After Drone Strikes on MoscowMcCarthy Confident on Debt Vote Despite Hard-Line Ouster ThreatStock Rally Loses Steam After AI-Fueled Euphoria: Markets WrapNvidia Touches $1 Trillion Mark After Beating Rivals to AI“We are looking to the softwa  ( 7 min )

(Bloomberg) -- Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers sees US interest rates headed higher in the short-run and US taxes rising significantly in the longer run as the world’s biggest economy comes to grips with a persistent inflation problem and burgeoning government debt.Most Read from BloombergWinklevoss Twins Attempt Pivot After Gemini Loses Money and EmployeesPutin Orders Tighter Defenses After Drone Strikes on MoscowMcCarthy Confident on Debt Vote Despite Hard-Line Ouster ThreatStock Ra  ( 7 min )

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The shortened week kicked off with one big crisis averted for now. During the long weekend, an agreement was reached between President Biden and House Majority Leader McCarthy that should go toward resolving the debt ceiling. Oppenheimer’s Chief Investment Strategist John Stoltzfus expects a positive reaction to the progress being made to get the deal done. “In our view this portends well for the US and the markets even while it doesn’t eliminate the potential for angst near term as the agreemen  ( 10 min )

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A held order is a market order that requires prompt execution for an immediate fill.  ( 18 min )

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Klarna offers "buy now, pay later" (BNPL) services allowing shoppers to make purchases from online retailers and physical stores without paying the entire amount upfront.  ( 24 min )

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Rates on 30-year mortgages took a major step down, following a two-week surge. The large one-day reversal erased two days of gains, but the average remains elevated.  ( 19 min )

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The statutory debt limit, also called the debt ceiling, is the limit to the amount that the U.S. Treasury can borrow to meet its obligations.  ( 23 min )

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise misses sales and guidance estimates, sending shares lower.  ( 16 min )

The Mississippi bubble is actually more of a currency blunder than a true speculative bubble.  ( 24 min )

Intel was best-performing stock in the DOW after the company said current quarter revenue would be at the high end of its guidance.  ( 16 min )

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If confirmed, she will be the first Latina member of the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors.  ( 22 min )

Normalcy bias is a predisposition to believe that the status quo will remain in effect, which can lead to poor investment decisions.  ( 21 min )

Maturity transformation occurs when banks borrow from the short-term debt market and use those funds to extend long-term loans.  ( 23 min )

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The illusion of control bias is a type of cognitive bias that causes individuals to overestimate their ability to control events that are actually uncertain.  ( 23 min )

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Low inventory, rising rates cause purchases to fall.  ( 17 min )

Twitter, now X Holdings Corp., is a private company but a Fidelity investment fund cut the valuation of its holding, implying the company is worth 33% of Musk's purchase price.  ( 17 min )

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Homeowners insurance covers the home, your personal property, and liability claims. Find out if you need a special policy to insure a modular or manufactured home.  ( 23 min )

Many airlines offer refundable and non-refundable tickets. Here is some background on refundable and non-refundable flights, plus five U.S. airlines' refund policies.  ( 23 min )

Cable and utility bills generally aren't included in your credit report or reflected in your credit score, unless your payments are seriously delinquent.  ( 22 min )

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A corridor deductible is expenses paid by the insured in excess of coverage limits, but before the threshold at which additional coverage is available.  ( 18 min )

Markets were down in midday trading on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 ahead of key vote on raising U.S. debt ceiling.  ( 16 min )

Meta hit the $1 trillion level most quickly, but couldn’t stay there, while Apple was the first to get there, and has kept growing.  ( 16 min )

The job market was supposed to be cooling down—instead, it heated up in April, with the number of job openings rising, breaking a three-month downtrend.  ( 16 min )

SoFi Technologies shares rose amid optimism the online financial firm could benefit from a provision in the government debt ceiling agreement reinstating student loan repayments.  ( 16 min )

Advance Auto Parts posted earnings well below estimates, and reduced its full-year profit and sales guidance.  ( 16 min )

Looking to buy dividend stocks? This article provides a comprehensive guide on how to identify, evaluate, and purchase stocks that pay out regular dividends.  ( 24 min )

An oral contract is a type of business agreement that is spoken, not captured in writing.  ( 20 min )

Ansys, Materialise, and Faro Technologies lead the industry in revenue growth.  ( 19 min )

When your car loan is charged off, your credit report will take a negative hit and your car could be repossessed. Meanwhile, you will continue to owe the loan amount.  ( 22 min )

The cost to charge electric vehicle (EV) on a road trip will vary based on a number of factors. Here's how to estimate how much your trip will cost.  ( 23 min )

Dutch Bros, Starbucks, and J.M. Smucker lead the industry in revenue growth  ( 20 min )

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Wednesday fined OneMain Financial $20 million after the government watchdog discovered deceptive sales practices at the loan provider.  ( 17 min )

The foreign exchange market is the largest and most liquid market in the world and is open 24 hours a day. Learn what it takes to trade the world's many currencies.  ( 29 min )

The gold-silver ratio describes how much silver it takes to buy an ounce of gold. It may seem arcane, but many strategies rely on trading this ratio.  ( 25 min )

Nvidia hit a $1 trillion in market cap after the company followed up its blockbuster earnings with the launch of a new supercomputer and AI partnerships, but analysts remain divided whether Nvidia shares are overpriced.  ( 17 min )

Personal consumption expenditures is a measure of consumer spending and includes all goods and services bought by U.S. households. Learn more about PCE and how it's used.  ( 28 min )

The House is set to vote on the debt ceiling deal and the Labor Department is expected to report fewer job openings. Here’s what investors need to know today.  ( 18 min )

Het merendeel van de aandeelhouders van ExxonMobil heeft voorstellen afgewezen om het Amerikaanse olieconcern te dwingen meer te doen voor het klimaat. ExxonMobil heeft als enige van de vijf grote westerse oliemultinationals geen klimaatdoelstelling voor 2030.  ( 3 min )

Wie wil wisselen van energieleverancier kan vanaf vandaag weleens fors duurder uit zijn. Dan gaan nieuwe regels in voor het opzeggen van vaste energiecontracten, waardoor consumenten flink de portemonnee moeten trekken. Voordeel is dat er weer verschillende vaste contracten zijn waar je uit kunt kiezen.  ( 5 min )

Slachthuizen komen onder verscherpt toezicht te staan om de "structurele dierenmishandeling" in de sector tegen te gaan. Dat heeft minister Piet Adema (Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit) woensdag gezegd in de Tweede Kamer.  ( 3 min )

KLM houdt zich niet aan voorwaarden die zijn verbonden aan de staatssteun die het bedrijf tijdens de coronacrisis kreeg, volgens de staatsagent. Het bedrijf keert alweer winstdelingen uit, geeft nog steeds belastingvoordelen aan personeel in het buitenland en piloten hebben te weinig salaris ingeleverd.  ( 5 min )

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De prijzen in Duitsland, Frankrijk, Spanje en Italië zijn in mei minder hard gestegen dan in april. De inflatie is vooral door de dalende energieprijzen afgenomen. Maar de prijzen van voedingsmiddelen zijn deze maand wel hard omhooggegaan.  ( 3 min )

Luchtvaartmaatschappij Air New Zealand weegt sinds deze week voor vertrek passagiers op internationale vluchten. Het bedrijf wil zo het gemiddelde gewicht van de reizigers achterhalen.  ( 3 min )

De lonen in nieuwe cao's zijn in mei gemiddeld met 7,8 procent gestegen en dat is opnieuw een historisch hoogtepunt. De loonstijging ligt daarmee boven de inflatie, die in april 5,2 procent bedroeg.  ( 3 min )

Minister Sigrid Kaag van Financiën werkt aan wetgeving om de toegang tot contant geld veilig te stellen. Deze wet gaat de huidige vrijblijvende afspraken met banken vervangen.  ( 3 min )

Wie wil wisselen van energieleverancier kan vanaf morgen weleens fors duurder uit zijn. Dan gaan nieuwe regels in voor het opzeggen van vaste energiecontracten, waardoor consumenten flink de portemonnee moeten trekken. Voordeel is dat er weer verschillende vaste contracten zijn waar je uit kunt kiezen.  ( 5 min )

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Gisteravond stemde de Eerste Kamer in met de hervorming van ons pensioenstelsel. Vanaf 2028 zien de pensioenen er heel anders uit. Zo wordt 1.500 miljard euro verdeeld over individuele potjes in plaats van via een fonds. Ook gaat je pensioen sneller omhoog of omlaag. Via ons reactieplatform NUjij zijn al veel vragen over dit nieuwe stelsel gesteld. Welke vragen heb jij nog? Stel ze hier.  ( 2 min )

Tweede Kamervoorzitter Vera Bergkamp roept Twitter op om belediging en bedreiging van Tweede Kamerleden aan te pakken. Het sturen van bedreigende en gewelddadige tweets naar Kamerleden is in veel gevallen strafbaar.  ( 3 min )

De Turkse lira is woensdag opnieuw minder waard geworden ten opzichte van de dollar en euro vanwege zorgen over de economische koers van het land. De vraag is namelijk of president Recep Tayyip Erdogan vasthoudt aan zijn onorthodoxe beleid.  ( 3 min )

De iPhone-app van ChatGPT is nu ook in Nederland te gebruiken. Later komt de AI-chatbot ook beschikbaar voor Android-toestellen.  ( 3 min )

Tot dusver is op ongeveer een derde van het subsidiepotje voor nieuwe elektrische auto's aanspraak gemaakt. Dat blijkt uit cijfers van de RVO, die belast is met het verlenen van subsidie op de aanschaf en lease van elektrische auto's.  ( 3 min )

Relatief meer mensen met hogere inkomens hebben vorig jaar bij de schuldhulpverlening aangeklopt. Dat komt volgens branchevereniging NVVK voornamelijk door de hoge inflatie en stijgende energiekosten.  ( 3 min )

De voor fraude veroordeelde ondernemer Elizabeth Holmes heeft zich dinsdag bij de gevangenis in Texas gemeld. De Amerikaanse zou met haar bedrijf Theranos beleggers en klanten hebben misleid en moet voor zo'n elf jaar achter de tralies.  ( 4 min )

Ondanks de energiecrisis en omvallende buitenlandse banken staat ons financiële stelsel er volgens het Centraal Planbureau (CPB) goed voor. Ook blijven de gevolgen van dalende woningprijzen waarschijnlijk beperkt. Wel zijn jonge huizenbezitters kwetsbaar en is er een reële kans op een recessie.  ( 4 min )

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De stikstofinstallatie in Zuidbroek, die op 1 april 2022 al had moeten draaien, kan vanaf 1 oktober stikstof produceren. Dat heeft een woordvoerder van Gasunie desgevraagd aan NU.nl laten weten.  ( 3 min )

Een kratje bier in de aanbieding kostte in de eerste maanden van dit jaar gemiddeld 14,22 euro in de supermarkt. Twee jaar geleden, voordat het verboden werd te stunten met de prijs van een kratje, was dat nog 10,52 euro. Dat heeft marktonderzoeker Circana uitgezocht op verzoek van NU.nl.  ( 3 min )

Het nieuwe pensioen komt eraan. Na jaren gesteggel is een hervorming van het pensioenstelsel nu ook door de Eerste Kamer. Je pensioen moet beter uitlegbaar zijn en passen bij deze tijd. Ook volgt je pensioenopbouw nadrukkelijker prestaties op de beurs. Vijf vragen over het nieuwe pensioen.  ( 8 min )

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell about 0.4%, or 134 points, ahead of a key vote in the House of Representatives to extend the U.S. debt limit.  ( 1 min )

Stocks fell on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 as investors await the outcome of a vote in the House on a bill to raise the debt ceiling and avoid default.  ( 1 min )

Markets were down in midday trading on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 ahead of key vote on raising U.S. debt ceiling.  ( 1 min )

The House is set to vote on the debt ceiling deal and the Labor Department is expected to report fewer job openings. Here’s what investors need to know today.  ( 1 min )

The Dow fell, the Nasdaq rose and the S&P 500 was virtually unchanged on Monday, May 30, 2023, as the debt ceiling deal goes to Congress for approval  ( 1 min )

Hopes of a debt ceiling deal were rattled after some Republican lawmakers expressed opposition to the agreement, helping send the Dow Jones Industrial Average lower by 0.15%, or 50 points.  ( 1 min )

Intel was best-performing stock in the DOW after the company said current quarter revenue would be at the high end of its guidance.  ( 1 min )

Hewlett Packard Enterprise misses sales and guidance estimates, sending shares lower.  ( 1 min )

Twitter, now X Holdings Corp., is a private company but a Fidelity investment fund cut the valuation of its holding, implying the company is worth 33% of Musk's purchase price.  ( 1 min )

SoFi Technologies shares rose amid optimism the online financial firm could benefit from a provision in the government debt ceiling agreement reinstating student loan repayments.  ( 1 min )

Advance Auto Parts posted earnings well below estimates, and reduced its full-year profit and sales guidance.  ( 1 min )

Berkshire Hathaway bought 4.7 million shares in recent days and now owns 222 million shares of the energy company worth $13 billion.  ( 22 min )

Before 2019, there were few major impediments to having a Chinese company that did business in the U.S. from China. Now, some mainland China tech business owners say they need to go further and gain permanent residency or citizenship abroad to avoid the curbs on and the biases against Chinese companies in the United States.  ( 8 min )

Economic advisors have privately warned Saudi senior policy makers that the kingdom needs higher oil prices to fund a slew of megaprojects.  ( 8 min )

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Even after Nvidia Corp's blistering rally in recent days, the chip developer's valuation has actually fallen, at least by one measure widely used by analysts and investors. Nvidia now trades at around 45 times Wall Street's average earnings estimates for the next 12 months - a popular measure known as the forward price/earnings (P/E) ratio. While investors rushed to buy Nvidia's stock in recent sessions, its P/E multiple has fallen simply because Wall Street's earnings expectations for the company rose even faster than its share price.  ( 8 min )

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The S&P's comeback this year gets only two cheers. A few big stocks are overperforming, while the rest of the market reflects the reversal of a historic earnings blowout.  ( 9 min )

Some people’s exploits in their chosen profession transcend beyond the industry they operate in – making them household names. It’s pretty safe to claim that even those not interested in the investing world are familiar with Warren Buffett. Buffett embodies the term ‘legendary investor’ probably more than any other and considering his decades of almost unrivalled stock picking success, it’s a thoroughly deserved epithet. For those looking to emulate a fraction of Buffett’s success, get ahead of  ( 11 min )

HP Enterprise reported mixed results for the April quarter, but it sees a big opportunity ahead in the need for high-powered systems to AI models.  ( 22 min )

HP Inc. managed to beat on earnings amid a focus on managing its costs.  ( 9 min )

As beer drinkers flock away from Bud Light, investors are losing their taste for InBev stock.  ( 9 min )

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There will always be a limit to how many expenses you can cut. But there’s no limit to how much you can earn.  ( 9 min )

Intel Corp (NASDAQ: INTC) stock is up Tuesday in sympathy with Nvidia Corp's (NASDAQ: NVDA) AI-driven rally. Over the past decade, Nvidia beat Intel to become America's most valuable semiconductor company. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc (NASDAQ: AMD) stole market share while Intel struggled with repeated delays in launching new chips. Interestingly, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger flagged severe issues regarding leadership, people, methodology, and more for the chipmaker's fall from the leading chipmaker p  ( 7 min )

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The debt-ceiling agreement struck over the weekend would reinstate government student loan repayments.  ( 22 min )

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Pop quiz: True or False – Social Security retirement benefits are subject to income tax just like withdrawals from a traditional IRA account. If you answered "False," you're smarter than more than 60% of your fellow Americans nearing retirement. In … Continue reading → The post Can You Pass This Social Security Quiz? Nearly 7 in 10 People Struggle With These Basic Questions appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.  ( 8 min )

(Bloomberg) -- Brazil’s credit card interest rates soared to their highest point in six years, adding to central bankers’ concerns about worrisome levels of household debt. Most Read from BloombergWinklevoss Twins Attempt Pivot After Gemini Loses Money and EmployeesPutin Orders Tighter Defenses After Drone Strikes on MoscowMcCarthy Confident on Debt Vote Despite Hard-Line Ouster ThreatStock Rally Loses Steam After AI-Fueled Euphoria: Markets WrapNvidia Touches $1 Trillion Mark After Beating Riva  ( 7 min )

The market mania for AI plays continues.  ( 23 min )

Ronald Reid was the last person you would expect to be a millionaire. He used safety pins to hold his old coats together and cut his own firewood well into his 90s. He drove a second-hand Toyota Yaris and resisted new purchases. His only real indulgence may have been his daily English muffin and a cup of coffee at the Brattleboro Memorial Hospital in Vermont, where a friend remembered him sitting at the exact same stool every morning. Don't Miss: Thanks to changes in federal law, anyone can inve  ( 7 min )

The investor says the chip maker's stock is "priced ahead of the curve." She's playing the artificial-intelligence boom through the electric-vehicle manufacturer.  ( 23 min )

The S&P 500 dipped by 19% in 2022, but stocks still don’t seem cheap to Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s billionaire partner at Berkshire Hathaway. Don't Miss: Why Jason Calacanis and Other Silicon Valley Elites Are Betting On This Startups Vision For Re-Uniting American Families “In my whole adult life, I have never hoarded cash, waiting for better conditions,” Munger said in an interview in late 2022. “I’ve just invested in the best thing I could find.” Yet he acknowledged that Berkshire Hatha  ( 8 min )

According to a new report, Tesla scored a huge milestone on its path to ramping up global EV adoption — though the electric vehicle maker may have paid a big price for it.  ( 9 min )

According to a new report - Tesla scored a huge milestone on its path to ramping up global EV adoption - though the electric vehicle maker may have paid a big price for it.  ( 8 min )

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Qualcomm Inc (NASDAQ: QCOM) stock traded higher Tuesday in sympathy with Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ: NVDA), buoyed by the AI rally. The leading smartphone processor maker described transitioning into an "intelligent edge computing" firm, said SVP Alex Katouzian at the Computex show in Taipei. It is betting on the AI frenzy calling for more computing power than the cloud alone can provide, especially when personal information is at stake, Bloomberg reports. Qualcomm, whose chips help smartphones harness  ( 7 min )

Michael Burry's bullish bets on stocks, including Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA), followed stake boosts by other top hedge funds, including Moore Capital Management and Third Point LLC, in the first quarter. Asia-based firms, including Simon Sadler's Segantii Capital Management Ltd. and Alpine Investment Management Ltd., accounted for nearly half of Alibaba ADRs offloaded by the quarter's top 10 most prominent hedge fund sellers, Bloomberg cites 13F filings. The sole Asia-headquarter  ( 7 min )

U.S. crude dipped below $70 a barrel for the first time in two weeks ahead of an OPEC+ meeting at which major producers will debate whether to cut output to bolster oil prices. Comments by officials in member states suggest the cartel is likely to stick with current cuts instead of deepening them,  ( 26 min )

With the Nasdaq now up more than 2.5% in the last five days, Wood argues there are going to be other winners in the AI space outside of Nvidia.  ( 8 min )

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Nvidia has been on tear this year thanks to the tech industry's AI craze. The company's market cap hit $1 trillion on Tuesday.  ( 7 min )

Plug Power Inc, a U.S. maker of hydrogen fuel systems, said on Tuesday it aims to build three plants in Finland costing some $6 billion to produce green hydrogen and ammonia for the European market. The company said it was in talks with potential financial investors and debt providers and aims to find industrial partners to secure offtake for its planned production ahead of a final investment decision in 2025 or 2026. Plug had spent two years searching around the world for the right locations, CEO Andy Marsh told Reuters on the sidelines of a presentation in Helsinki.  ( 7 min )

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The euro initially plunged below a major trend line in the 200-Day EMA, only to turn around and show signs of life.  ( 7 min )

Long-term care for seniors is one of the biggest gaps in America's safety net. For many of us, as we get older we will require longer and better care. In some cases, this can mean a health aide or other … Continue reading → The post How to Protect Your Parents' Assets From Nursing Homes appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.  ( 9 min )

Is $4 million enough to retire at 65? For most people, the answer is yes. But there are a lot of considerations and a good deal of planning to retire, regardless of how much you've saved. Everyone has different needs when … Continue reading → The post How to Retire at 65 With $4 Million appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.  ( 9 min )

A $4 million nest egg will likely allow you to retire comfortably at age 55. The major challenge will be accumulating that much capital by 55 – about a decade before most people stop working. Other issues include the need to … Continue reading → The post Is $4 Million Enough to Retire on at 55? appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.  ( 8 min )

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AI hype is in full bloom in the US stock market. And the biggest names in the market are doing the heavy lifting pushing stocks higher.  ( 9 min )

KeyBanc Capital Markets analyst John Vinh raised his price target on the company ahead of its earnings this week.  ( 23 min )

Ford stock got upgraded to Buy from hold by Jefferies analyst Philippe Houchois Tuesday. His price target went to $16 from $13 a share.  ( 22 min )

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The gaze of investors now turns to what the Federal Reserve may do in a few short weeks.  ( 8 min )

New York City developers are starting to unload lower-quality buildings at deep discounts, cracking open a frozen real-estate market.  ( 22 min )

US stock futures were tentatively higher on Tuesday morning, kicking off a shortened trading week amid hopes the hard-won deal-ceiling deal would get through a divided Congress in a matter of days.  ( 8 min )

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Political leaders in Washington urge lawmakers to pass the debt ceiling deal and Nvidia releases a new line of AI-focused products as the company approaches a market valuation of $1 trillion. Here’s what investors need to know today.  ( 18 min )

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Dave Burt told CNBC that the market is in for a 2008-level price correction if lenders don't start weighing the risk flooding poses to home values.  ( 6 min )

State Farm, the largest property insurer in the US, will no longer accept new applications for home insurance in California, citing the risks of apocalyptic wildfires as well as the exorbitant costs of construction.  ( 7 min )

Tim Coyne, T. Rowe Price's global head of ETFs, said the company is expanding its exchange-traded fund offerings to better go after millennials.  ( 15 min )

↗️ Nvidia (NVDA), AMD (AMD), Intel (INTC) and Marvell Technology (MRVL): The chipmakers' stocks a  ( 20 min )

The Fed's monetary squeeze "is aimed at a problem that’s over, and the effect from here will be to hammer consumer demand and economic growth," predicts Steve Hanke of Johns Hopkins.  ( 13 min )

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Meta, valued at about $670 billion as of last close, clinched the trillion-dollar market capitalization milestone in 2021, while Apple Inc, Alphabet Inc, Microsoft Corp and Amazon.com Inc are the other U.S. companies that are part of the club. AI took center stage after Nvidia stunned investors with a revenue forecast that surpassed analysts' expectations by more than 50%. The Philadelphia SE Semiconductor index closed at its highest in over a year last week after Nvidia's stellar results powered other chipmakers higher.  ( 6 min )

Outflows have kept up the pace this year, fueled by a deteriorating economy and the departure of men avoiding conscription.  ( 28 min )

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Stock futures were higher Monday after a deal was agreed to extend the U.S. debt ceiling for two years over the Memorial Day weekend.  ( 23 min )

The rouble fell to a more than one-month low against the dollar on Tuesday as drones attacked Moscow and the Russian currency lost the support of a favourable tax period. Ukraine launched one of its biggest drone attacks on Moscow, according to Russia, whose defence ministry said all were destroyed approaching the city. Kyiv had no immediate comment, but has not publicly acknowledged launching attacks against targets inside Russia.  ( 6 min )

Here is your Pro Recap of the biggest analyst picks you may have missed since yesterday: upgrades for Ford, Coinbase, Constellation Brands, Equitrans Midstream , and Boston Beer. Ford (NYSE:F) shares climbed nearly 3% pre-market today after Jefferies upgraded the company to Buy from Hold and raised its price target to $16.00 from $13.00, as InvestingPro reported in real time.  ( 7 min )

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News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication  ( 5 min )

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Ballooning debt, tepid consumption and worsening relations with the West are set to weigh on future growth, economists say.  ( 28 min )

Executives and early investors sold shares worth $22 billion through well-timed trades, profiting before share prices collapsed.  ( 31 min )

(Bloomberg) -- Coal cargoes unwanted in Europe are heading to Asia, where utilities are stockpiling the fuel amid sweltering temperatures heading into the summer.Most Read from BloombergWorld’s Most Valuable Chipmaker Nvidia Unveils More AI Products After $184 Billion RallyManchin Gets Mountain Valley Pipeline Deal Into Debt BillDebt-Limit Deal Brings Relief Tinged by Caution: Markets WrapMcCarthy Won the Debt-Limit Deal. Biden Did, Too.Traders Ready to Embrace Riskier Assets After Debt-Cap Deal  ( 7 min )

(Bloomberg) -- A key gauge of Chinese stocks was on track to enter a bear market as a weak economic recovery and tensions with the US left traders with little reason to buy. Most Read from BloombergWorld’s Most Valuable Chipmaker Nvidia Unveils More AI Products After $184 Billion RallyManchin Gets Mountain Valley Pipeline Deal Into Debt BillDebt-Limit Deal Brings Relief Tinged by Caution: Markets WrapMcCarthy Won the Debt-Limit Deal. Biden Did, Too.Traders Ready to Embrace Riskier Assets After D  ( 7 min )

Gold prices traded in a narrow range on Tuesday, hovering close to a recent two-month low, as optimism over a U.S. debt ceiling deal and reduced bets for a pause in the Federal Reserve's rate hike policy in June dented the metal's appeal. U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday he feels good about prospects for passage by Congress of the debt ceiling deal that he reached with House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The high volatility events such as the U.S. regional banking crisis, and whether or not an agreement would be reached on raising the U.S. debt ceiling are now passing, "reducing the markets interest in gold as investors seek alpha," Michael Langford, director at corporate advisory AirGuide said.  ( 7 min )

(Bloomberg) -- It’s not every day that Cathie Wood labels a stock-market darling of the innovation economy too expensive.Most Read from BloombergWorld’s Most Valuable Chipmaker Nvidia Unveils More AI Products After $184 Billion RallyManchin Gets Mountain Valley Pipeline Deal Into Debt BillDebt-Limit Deal Brings Relief Tinged by Caution: Markets WrapMcCarthy Won the Debt-Limit Deal. Biden Did, Too.Traders Ready to Embrace Riskier Assets After Debt-Cap DealBut Nvidia Corp.’s outsized jump has prom  ( 8 min )

Asian stocks were mostly higher on Tuesday as investors cheered the prospect that the world's largest economy will avert a major debt default, improving sentiment across most asset classes. Australian shares were up 0.03% while the Nikkei stock index slipped 0.28%, cooling a bit after the Japanese benchmark hit a 33-year high on optimism over the U.S debt deal and a weaker yen, which helps the country's exporters. "The U.S had a poor resolution to the debt ceiling negotiations with still a huge increase in government debt and no real cuts to spending but has relieved pressure for now," said James Rosenberg, an advisor at broker Ord Minnett in Sydney.  ( 8 min )

Oil prices rose on Tuesday as the expectations the debt ceiling deal in U.S., the world's biggest oil user, will spur more demand but fears of further interest rate rises and that OPEC+ will leave output quotas unchanged capped gains. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose 53 cents to $73.20 a barrel, up 0.7% from Friday's close. There was no settlement on Monday because of a U.S. public holiday.  ( 7 min )

(Bloomberg) -- Asian equities were poised for a cautious open Tuesday as White House and Republican congressional leaders stepped up lobbying to ensure Congress passes a debt-accord to head off a US default.Most Read from BloombergWorld’s Most Valuable Chipmaker Nvidia Unveils More AI Products After $184 Billion RallyDebt-Limit Deal Brings Relief Tinged by Caution: Markets WrapManchin Gets Mountain Valley Pipeline Deal Into Debt BillTraders Ready to Embrace Riskier Assets After Debt-Cap DealBide  ( 8 min )

(Bloomberg) -- Semiconductor designer Arm Ltd. has found its calling card for the rest of the year as it builds toward a much-anticipated initial public offering: artificial intelligence.Most Read from BloombergWorld’s Most Valuable Chipmaker Nvidia Unveils More AI Products After $184 Billion RallyDebt-Limit Deal Brings Relief Tinged by Caution: Markets WrapManchin Gets Mountain Valley Pipeline Deal Into Debt BillTraders Ready to Embrace Riskier Assets After Debt-Cap DealBiden, McCarthy Forge De  ( 7 min )

Investing.com -- Cathie Wood, manager of the ARK Innovation exchange-traded fund (NYSE:ARKK), said on late-Monday that recent stock market darling Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) was priced “ahead of the curve,” and that Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) was positioned to benefit from recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence.  ( 7 min )

(Bloomberg) -- Soon-to-mature Treasury bills rallied as trading resumed after the Memorial Day holiday, following a tentative deal over the debt ceiling which eased concerns of a US default. Most Read from BloombergWorld’s Most Valuable Chipmaker Nvidia Unveils More AI Products After $184 Billion RallyDebt-Limit Deal Brings Relief Tinged by Caution: Markets WrapManchin Gets Mountain Valley Pipeline Deal Into Debt BillTraders Ready to Embrace Riskier Assets After Debt-Cap DealBiden, McCarthy Forg  ( 7 min )

Quant funds, which use computer models to trade, are helping calm the markets at a time of uncertainty.  ( 8 min )

(Bloomberg) -- The Big Tech rally of this year has further to run as the risk of a US recession drives investors into stocks that offer profitable growth in lean times, according to the latest Markets Live Pulse survey.Most Read from BloombergWorld’s Most Valuable Chipmaker Nvidia Unveils More AI Products After $184 Billion RallyDebt-Limit Deal Brings Relief Tinged by Caution: Markets WrapManchin Gets Mountain Valley Pipeline Deal Into Debt BillTraders Ready to Embrace Riskier Assets After Debt-  ( 8 min )

Phi ellipses is a little-known trading tool, drawn by a computer or trading software, used to detect price patterns, trends, and possible reversals.  ( 20 min )

Birake (BIR) is a cryptocurrency exchange platform that bills itself as the first "white label" cryptocurrency exchange. It appears not to have gained much support.  ( 22 min )

Investopedia and NY1 are teaming up on a series of biweekly updates tracking the health of New York City’s economy, highlighting the best and worst-performing areas of New York's housing, tourism, leisure and hospitality metrics.  ( 20 min )

Personal loan rates eased this week, lowering the overall average by 34 basis points and dipping back below 21%  ( 17 min )

Investopedia and NY1 are teaming up on a series of biweekly updates tracking the health of New York City’s economy, highlighting the best and worst-performing areas of New York's housing, tourism, leisure and hospitality metrics. areas of New York's housing, tourism, leisure and hospitality metrics.  ( 20 min )

Refinancing a car loan can lower your interest rate and monthly payment, adjust your repayment term, or even allow you to access some of the equity.  ( 22 min )

There is no limit to how many car loans you can have at one time. However, it might be difficult to qualify for more than one, depending on your financial situation.  ( 22 min )

See what today's top nationwide rate is for every CD term, and how it compares to the previous business day's top rate. We collect data from more than 200 financial institutions.  ( 18 min )

Getting a car loan after bankruptcy isn't impossible, but it may take some time for your credit to improve enough to qualify for auto financing. Here's what you need to know.  ( 24 min )

The Consumer Confidence Index is a survey that measures how optimistic or pessimistic consumers are regarding their expected financial situation.  ( 23 min )

The average length of a car loan is 72 months, which is six years. However, the length of car loans can vary from as short as 12 months to as long as 96 months.  ( 21 min )

A loan-level pricing adjustment (LLPA) is a risk-based fee assessed to mortgage borrowers using a conventional mortgage. Learn how it works.  ( 21 min )

Hopes of a debt ceiling deal were rattled after some Republican lawmakers expressed opposition to the agreement, helping send the Dow Jones Industrial Average lower by 0.15%, or 50 points.  ( 16 min )

Discover the benefits of living in Europe and whether living there rather than the United States makes financial sense.  ( 20 min )

The Dow fell, the Nasdaq rose and the S&P 500 was virtually unchanged on Monday, May 30, 2023, as the debt ceiling deal goes to Congress for approval  ( 16 min )

Saving for retirement is crucial for financial stability and one of the best ways to do that is with an IRA. Learn how to open an IRA and start saving for retirement.  ( 26 min )

GDP per capitais a metric that breaks down a country's GDP per person and is calculated by dividing the GDP of a country by its population.  ( 24 min )

Airports had more passengers over the Memorial Day holiday weekend than before the COVID-19 pandemic.  ( 16 min )

Neither Democrats or Republicans got their most ambitious proposals, but each side came away with provisions that they're spinning as victories.  ( 18 min )

The Conference Board's index of consumer confidence fell in May, although not as much as economists expected.  ( 16 min )

"High-net-worth individual" (HNWI) is a financial industry classification for a person with liquid assets above a certain figure. The minimum used is often $1 million.  ( 24 min )

Robinhood’s commission-free trading and easy-to-use platform have disrupted the brokerage industry. Come learn how to trade options on this groundbreaking platform.  ( 21 min )

An active managed ETF is a form of exchange-traded fund that has a manager or team making decisions on the underlying portfolio allocation.  ( 22 min )

A no-doc business loan can be a quick way for business owners to secure financing that they may not be able to access through a traditional bank loan.  ( 23 min )

Real gross domestic product is an inflation-adjusted measure of the value of all goods and services produced in an economy.  ( 29 min )

If you are investing in crypto, keeping your crypto safe from cyberattacks is crucial. Learn how to store your cryptocurrency safely and keep your investment secure.  ( 25 min )

A debit to your account happens when you use funds to purchase goods or services. Learn more about the process that takes place when a debit occurs.  ( 22 min )

RV loans typically have longer terms that may be similar to a mortgage. Before getting an RV loan, you can estimate total loan costs based in part on the loan length.  ( 22 min )

Gross domestic product is the monetary value of all finished goods and services made within a country during a specific period.  ( 38 min )

Carnival Corp., Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, and Royal Caribbean lead cruise line stocks for best value, fastest growth, and best performance, respectively.  ( 20 min )

Wells Fargo CD rates are tiered for most of their terms and require a relatively high minimum deposit. Here's what to know before you open a CD with the bank.  ( 19 min )

Buying health insurance can be a time-consuming process. We reviewed the best health insurance on the market so you can make an informed decision about your coverage.  ( 23 min )

Environmental, social, and governance, also known as ESG, is a more ethical way to invest. Learn how to invest in ESG and make a positive impact with your portfolio.  ( 24 min )

Mortgage rates continue to soar, with the 30-year average adding another eighth of a percentage point to surpass the 20-year peak it reached in October.  ( 19 min )

Read about some of the problems with Costco's business model. While the company has been successful, there are still several risks to consider.  ( 22 min )

Financial literacy, communication, and confidence play a vital role in wealth transfer planning.  ( 22 min )

From the CFP to the CPA, do you know what your advisor's designation means?  ( 26 min )

Home prices rose in March, a second consecutive month of increase, as low inventory fueled competition. And higher prices are here to stay for now, according to S&P Dow Jones analysts.  ( 16 min )

AI isn’t science fiction anymore; it’s now a reality and a part of society. Learn how to invest in AI in 2023, and research the best AI stocks and ETFs on the market.  ( 24 min )

Double-cycle billing is a now-banned practice of billing credit card customers by charging interest on the average debt accrued over the last two months, instead of just for the current month.  ( 19 min )

Nvidia's market capitalization crossed $1 trillion in early trading Tuesday, adding it to the elite group comprising Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google parent Alphabet.  ( 16 min )

Financial advisors are responsible for every aspect of their customer's financial life, from estate planning to tax planning to saving for retirement, and more.  ( 27 min )

Sequestration is a term adopted by Congress to describe a fiscal policy process that automatically reduces spending increases across most departments.  ( 22 min )

This week’s cryptocurrencies to keep an eye on are NEO (NEO), SingularityNET (AGIX), IOTA (MIOTA), Conflux (CFX), and Arbitrum (ARB).  ( 20 min )

Stocks have fallen out of favor as Americans’ perception of the best long term investment according to a recent Gallup poll—even as the market is recovering from 2022’s losses. Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson of the Animal Spirits podcast, and Dr. Preston Cherry, founder of Concurrent Financial Planning, join the show to examine what wealth and retirement mean today, how that’s changed, and how to invest for the long term.  ( 18 min )

Buy now, pay later has become a popular way to make purchases online and in stores. Here’s a list of participating retailers for six major services.  ( 25 min )

Political leaders in Washington urge lawmakers to pass the debt ceiling deal and Nvidia releases a new line of AI-focused products as the company approaches a market valuation of $1 trillion. Here’s what investors need to know today.  ( 18 min )

Treasury Investment Growth Receipts (TIGRs), issued from 1982 until 1986, were zero-coupon bonds based on U.S. Treasury bonds held by Merrill Lynch.  ( 21 min )

Understanding these three common measures of profitability can help you take a deeper look at a company's profit margin.  ( 26 min )

Negative information is data in a consumer’s credit report that lowers their credit score or makes them look like a higher risk to lenders.  ( 18 min )

Ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs) are people with at least $30 million in investable assets. Their ranks continue to grow globally.  ( 19 min )

Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) are cheaper products that sell quickly such as milk, gum, fruit and vegetables, soda, beer, and common drugs like aspirin.  ( 23 min )

Read about the five largest financial advisory services firms in the United States, including big names such as Vanguard and JPMorgan Chase.  ( 22 min )

De voor fraude veroordeelde ondernemer Elizabeth Holmes heeft zich dinsdag bij de gevangenis in Texas gemeld. De Amerikaanse zou met haar bedrijf Theranos beleggers en klanten hebben misleid en moet voor zo'n elf jaar achter de tralies.  ( 4 min )

Schiphol moet zijn personeel beter beschermen tegen de schadelijke uitstoot van vliegtuigen, zegt de Nederlandse Arbeidsinspectie. De inspectie vindt dat de luchthaven er bijvoorbeeld voor moet zorgen dat vliegtuigen geen schadelijke stoffen meer uitstoten tijdens het taxiën.  ( 3 min )

Het op een na beste pensioenstelsel ter wereld wordt ingeruild voor een nieuw pensioen als de Eerste Kamer er vandaag mee instemt. In het nieuwe stelsel wordt 1.500 miljard euro verdeeld in twintig miljoen persoonlijke pensioenpotjes en gaat je pensioen sneller omhoog of omlaag. Gaan we er wel op vooruit?  ( 7 min )

De van fraude beschuldigde ondernemer Elizabeth Holmes gaat dinsdag naar verwachting de gevangenis in. De Amerikaanse ondernemer zou met haar bedrijf Theranos beleggers en klanten hebben misleid en moet voor zo'n elf jaar achter de tralies.  ( 3 min )

De prijzen voor basisboodschappen als brood, groenten en boter zijn in een half jaar met 15 procent gestegen. Uitschieter is de prijs van suiker, die met maar liefst 80 procent toenam.  ( 3 min )

In verschillende sectoren staan de cao-onderhandelingen op scherp met acties en stakingen tot gevolg, maar in de supermarktbranche gloort hoop dat de partijen er snel uit komen. De eerste gesprekken zijn constructief en goed verlopen. De werkgevers zijn bereid de lonen van de ongeveer 300.000 werknemers met 9 procent te verhogen.  ( 5 min )

Doordat de omvormers van veel zonnepaneelsystemen makkelijk te hacken zijn, kunnen grote stroomstoringen ontstaan. Als kwaadwillenden veel panelen tegelijk uitzetten, is er plots te weinig elektriciteit op het stroomnet.  ( 3 min )

Voor het eerst in twee jaar dalen de prijzen die Nederlandse industriebedrijven vragen voor hun goederen. De prijzen waren in april 2,3 procent lager dan in dezelfde maand vorig jaar.  ( 3 min )

In verschillende sectoren staan de cao-onderhandelingen op scherp met acties en stakingen tot gevolg, maar in de supermarktbranche gloort hoop dat de partijen er snel uit komen. De eerste gesprekken zijn constructief en goed verlopen. De werkgevers zijn bereid de lonen van de ongeveer 300.000 werknemers met 9 procent te verhogen.  ( 5 min )

In verschillende sectoren staan de cao-onderhandelingen op scherp met acties en stakingen tot gevolg, maar in de supermarktbranche gloort hoop dat de partijen er snel uit komen. De eerste gesprekken zijn constructief en goed verlopen. De werkgevers zijn bereid de lonen van de ongeveer 300.000 werknemers met 9 procent te verhogen.  ( 5 min )

Political leaders in Washington urge lawmakers to pass the debt ceiling deal and Nvidia releases a new line of AI-focused products as the company approaches a market valuation of $1 trillion. Here’s what investors need to know today.  ( 1 min )

(Bloomberg) -- As famed money manager Michael Burry made headlines boosting bullish bets on stocks including Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. in the first quarter of this year, other top hedge funds were also piling in. Most Read from BloombergWorld’s Most Valuable Chipmaker Nvidia Unveils More AI Products After $184 Billion RallyDebt-Limit Deal Brings Relief Tinged by Caution: Markets WrapManchin Gets Mountain Valley Pipeline Deal Into Debt BillTraders Ready to Embrace Riskier Assets After Debt-Cap D  ( 8 min )

(Bloomberg) -- Since going all-in on Bitcoin over a decade ago, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss have had their share of ups and downs. But these days, issues around the billionaire twins’ Gemini crypto exchange just seem to keep piling up. Most Read from BloombergWorld’s Most Valuable Chipmaker Nvidia Unveils More AI Products After $184 Billion RallyDebt-Limit Deal Brings Relief Tinged by Caution: Markets WrapManchin Gets Mountain Valley Pipeline Deal Into Debt BillTraders Ready to Embrace Riskier  ( 13 min )

Savvy investors will always be looking to pick up shares of undervalued stocks. That is, after all, the essence behind the slogan ‘buy low, sell high.’ The problem, though, lies in determining which stocks are merely temporarily languishing in the doldrums and are primed to pick up steam, rather than indicating that their depressed prices are just not worth the time of day. Of course, there are many ways to assess that scenario, and one simple strategy is to examine the actions taken by insiders  ( 10 min )

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"That's the one big negative factor that I worry about more than all the other things that we have talked about. Why is private investment so weak?"  ( 7 min )

Selling specialist chips and infrastructure is becoming a trillion-dollar industry  ( 12 min )

The family of an Arby's employee who was found dead inside a walk-in freezer at a Louisiana restaurant is suing the owners for wrongful death and gross negligence.  ( 7 min )

The latest stock sensation might just be hiding in your shoe closet or even on your feet right now. Colorado-based company Crocs Inc. (NASDAQ:CROX) has quietly outperformed some of the biggest players in the market over the past five years, including tech behemoths like Microsoft Corp, Meta Platforms Inc., and Amazon.com, Inc. Don’t Miss: Thanks to changes in federal law, anyone can invest in EV startups The shoe company that was once a fashion faux-pas has been making investors happy over the l  ( 8 min )

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(Bloomberg) -- Treasury futures linked to the 10- to 30-year part of the US government bond market rallied on light volume Monday, as traders looked ahead to an array of supportive factors that could come into play when trading resumes Tuesday after the Memorial Day holiday.Most Read from BloombergWorld’s Most Valuable Chipmaker Nvidia Unveils More AI Products After $184 Billion RallyBiden, McCarthy Forge Debt Deal in Bid to Avert US DefaultTraders Ready to Embrace Riskier Assets After Debt-Cap  ( 7 min )

(Bloomberg) -- The majority of investors who took on mortgages in 2022 to pay for new Toronto condos have been losing money every month, a shift that could discourage future building in what is already one of North America’s tightest rental markets.Most Read from BloombergWorld’s Most Valuable Chipmaker Nvidia Unveils More AI Products After $184 Billion RallyBiden, McCarthy Forge Debt Deal in Bid to Avert US DefaultTraders Ready to Embrace Riskier Assets After Debt-Cap DealManchin Gets Mountain  ( 7 min )

Canada Pension Plan’s manager scooped up Apple stock, and cut positions in Tesla, NIO, XPeng, and Li Auto in the first quarter.  ( 22 min )

Charlie Munger, the 99-year-old billionaire and vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., expressed his concerns about the United States heading toward another fiscal crisis. In an interview with the Financial Times, Munger highlighted the problematic situation of commercial property loans held by U.S. banks, stating that many of them would be deemed as “bad loans” because of declining property values. He emphasized that this indicates a negative outcome for the American commercial property mark  ( 9 min )

It isn’t certain what happens on the so-called X-date if Congress doesn’t raise the debt limit.  ( 26 min )

News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication  ( 5 min )

Our energy roundtable experts see value in U.S. shale stocks and European majors as global energy demand outstrips supply.  ( 83 min )

Global stocks were mixed in thin trading Monday after a preliminary deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling was struck between the White House and Republican negotiators.  ( 32 min )

If you would like to invest in a financial asset with low operating costs, exposure to the broad market or a market sector and lower taxes, an index fund might be for you. You will find that you can use … Continue reading → The post How to Invest in Index Funds appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.  ( 10 min )

As investing platforms, Charles Schwab and Fidelity make for a very apples-to-apples comparison. Both are long-standing brokerage houses with a history of financial management, personal advising and retail services. Both have introduced online trading platforms in the form of apps … Continue reading → The post Fidelity vs. Charles Schwab: Which Is Best? appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.  ( 11 min )

A financial advisor told me the pros of building a two-part bond ladder (three-year Treasurys and 10-year corporates) to generate fixed income and cover required minimum distributions (RMDs). What are the cons? -Ken When used in the right circumstances and … Continue reading → The post Ask an Advisor: I've Heard About the Benefits of a Bond Ladder Strategy. What Are the Downsides? appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.  ( 8 min )

Retiring at 40 with $2 million is an ambitious goal, but that doesn't mean it's impossible. While you'll need a decent salary or other sources of income or wealth, saving $2 million is not out of reach. If you plan … Continue reading → The post How to Retire at 40 With $2 million appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.  ( 9 min )

In the world of investments, perhaps none are less flashy than municipal bonds. If stocks and corporate bonds are the steak and roasted potatoes of your investment plate, municipal bonds are more like steamed brussels sprouts. But this overlooked asset … Continue reading → The post Morningstar Says This Overlooked Asset Could Break Out in 2023 appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.  ( 7 min )

Value stocks may be the one asset class you must have in your portfolio for the next decade. After a decade-plus of underperformance and decline, value investing began to rebound in September 2020. While the emergence of the Delta variant … Continue reading → The post This Is the Asset Class You Want in Your Portfolio Over the Next 10 Years appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.  ( 9 min )

Not for nothing does the phrase “buy low, sell high” get overused. The best opportunities often arise following a pullback and the investment experts at JPMorgan are keen to point them out. They have been closely monitoring the energy market and are seeing a lot of promise in energy companies. The banking giant is showing a positive outlook on two specific energy stocks with the pair offering different value propositions. Both have been underperforming the market this, but JPM’s analysts are pro  ( 10 min )

China and the U.S. are urging Gen Z to take on blue-collar jobs, but unless the sector has better pay and respect, Gen Z isn't all that interested.  ( 11 min )

British American Tobacco, Vector Group, and RLX Technology lead their peers for best value, fastest growth, and best performance, respectively.  ( 20 min )

Bitcoin couldn’t maintain its Monday morning gains as the world’s largest cryptocurrency dropped below US$28,000 in the afternoon.  ( 7 min )

The proposed Digital Asset Mining Energy tax has reportedly been taken off the table, according to U.S. Congressman Warren Davidson.  ( 8 min )

Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2%, while S&P 500 futures rose 0.3% and Nasdaq futures were up 0.5%. U.S. and U.K. markets are closed on Monday for public holidays.  ( 29 min )

(Bloomberg) -- Turkey’s lira weakened after Recep Tayyip Erdogan won a presidential runoff election on Sunday, extending his time as the nation’s longest-serving leader in a tenure that has increasingly alienated foreign investors.Stocks rose and dollar bonds were mixed at the open as investors awaited appointment of a new economic team that he promised would have “international credibility,” hinting at a potential turn away from an unorthodox policy mix based on ultra-low interest rates and hea  ( 8 min )

Last week’s stellar revival in Adani Group stocks has helped India reclaim its position among the world’s five largest stock markets.  ( 7 min )

Having navigated the financial crisis of 2008, Neel Kashkari worries about systemic risks. Surprised by the persistence of inflation in the face of the fastest rate hike cycle since the 1980s, Kashkari and some other Fed officials have turned up the heat again in recent days, with a hawkish outlook on interest rates. In doing so, they may also be inadvertently setting the stage for the next market crisis and Fed intervention, in turn, undercutting the bank's policy tightening to fight inflation.  ( 7 min )

Rosy guidance from chipmaker Nvidia last week helped spark the third-largest single-day jump in market value in U.S. history.  ( 8 min )

(Bloomberg) -- Iraq’s central bank boosted its gold reserves by about 2% in a single day last week as part of what it calls a gradual plan to stock up on the precious metal that’s seen as a traditional haven in times of economic distress.Most Read from BloombergBiden, McCarthy Forge Debt Deal in Bid to Avert US DefaultTraders Ready to Embrace Riskier Assets After Debt-Cap DealKey Takeaways From Biden-McCarthy Deal to Avert US DefaultManchin Gets Mountain Valley Pipeline Deal Into Debt BillWorld’  ( 7 min )

The yuan is the dollar's most high-profile contender, against the backdrop of US-China tensions and Beijing's alliance with Russia amid the war.  ( 10 min )

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India has filed a graft case against Britain's BAE Systems plc and Rolls-Royce Holdings for "criminal conspiracy" in the procurement and licensed manufacturing of 123 Hawk 115 advanced jet trainers, a document showed. The case is based on the findings of an investigation launched by India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in 2016, the federal police document dated May 23 said. BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment on Monday, which is a bank holiday in Britain.  ( 7 min )

(Bloomberg) -- Bitcoin climbed to the highest level in more than two weeks amid a boost to investor sentiment from a deal on raising the US debt limit.Most Read from BloombergBiden, McCarthy Forge Debt Deal in Bid to Avert US DefaultTraders Ready to Embrace Riskier Assets After Debt-Cap DealWorld’s Richest Man Throws In Towel on Beverly Hills HotelKey Takeaways From Deal Biden, GOP Sealed to Avert US DefaultManchin Gets Mountain Valley Pipeline Deal Into Debt BillThe largest digital token added  ( 6 min )

Thailand's economy is on a solid path to recovery and showing resiliency, helped by good revenue collection and a normalisation of its tourism sector, while inflation should come in below 3% this year, its finance minister said on Monday. Southeast Asia's second-largest economy expanded faster than expected in the first quarter of this year due to a revival in its vital tourism sector. The economic recovery has been supported by a comprehensive and timely policy mix of fiscal and monetary policies, which respectively should continue to be implemented proactively and prudently, Arkhom Termpittayapaisith told a World Bank forum.  ( 6 min )

Nvidia Corp and MediaTek Inc on Monday said they will collaborate on technology to power advanced vehicle infotainment systems that can stream video or games or interact with drivers using artificial intelligence. Under the agreement, announced at the Computex technology trade show in Taipei, MediaTek will integrate an Nvidia graphic processing unit chiplet and Nvidia software into the system-on-chips it supplies to automakers for infotainment displays.  ( 7 min )

(Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia’s foreign reserves fell in April to the lowest in more than 13 years, in an apparent sign the kingdom hasn’t yet used last year’s $326 billion oil windfall to top up the central bank’s holdings. Most Read from BloombergBiden, McCarthy Forge Debt Deal in Bid to Avert US DefaultKey Takeaways From Biden-McCarthy Deal to Avert US DefaultTraders Ready to Embrace Riskier Assets After Debt-Cap DealManchin Gets Mountain Valley Pipeline Deal Into Debt BillWorld’s Richest Man T  ( 7 min )

(Bloomberg) -- India has reclaimed its spot as the world’s fifth largest stock market after losing that status to France in January, as foreign investors snap up the Asian nation’s shares.Most Read from BloombergBiden, McCarthy Forge Debt Deal in Bid to Avert US DefaultTraders Ready to Embrace Riskier Assets After Debt-Cap DealKey Takeaways From Biden-McCarthy Deal to Avert US DefaultWorld’s Most Valuable Chipmaker Nvidia Unveils More AI Products After $184 Billion RallyManchin Gets Mountain Val  ( 7 min )

(Bloomberg) -- Baidu Inc. shares jumped in Hong Kong following reports that it will soon launch a large-language model to power its ChatGPT-Like app Ernie Bot. Most Read from BloombergBiden, McCarthy Forge Debt Deal in Bid to Avert US DefaultKey Takeaways From Biden-McCarthy Deal to Avert US DefaultTraders Ready to Embrace Riskier Assets After Debt-Cap DealWorld’s Richest Man Throws In Towel on Beverly Hills HotelManchin Gets Mountain Valley Pipeline Deal Into Debt BillThe shares rose as much as  ( 7 min )

Nvidia said Google, Meta, and Microsoft would be among the first companies to get access to its DGX GH200 supercomputer.  ( 22 min )

(Bloomberg) -- A gauge of Chinese shares traded in Hong Kong inched closer to bear-market territory as a wobbling economic recovery, intensifying geopolitical tensions and a weaker yuan keep investors away.Most Read from BloombergBiden, McCarthy Forge Debt Deal in Bid to Avert US DefaultKey Takeaways From Biden-McCarthy Deal to Avert US DefaultTraders Ready to Embrace Riskier Assets After Debt-Cap DealWorld’s Richest Man Throws In Towel on Beverly Hills HotelManchin Gets Mountain Valley Pipeline  ( 7 min )

Firms that use computers to determine buy and sell signals have been loading up while other investors sit back.  ( 30 min )

U.S. investors will likely welcome a chance to grab some sunshine on the federal holiday.  ( 23 min )

A shortage of the kind of advanced chips that are the lifeblood of new generative AI systems has set off a race to lock down computing power and find workarounds.  ( 28 min )

News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication  ( 5 min )

Asian shares are mostly higher after President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached a final agreement on a deal to raise the U.S. national debt ceiling. Tokyo, Sydney and Shanghai advanced while Hong Kong fell. The agreement on the U.S. debt eased what had been a potentially huge threat to markets worldwide.  ( 9 min )

(Bloomberg) -- China’s raw materials producers are at the forefront of falling industrial profits as poor demand and price deflation tear into margins at steel mills, metals smelters, chemicals firms and coal miners.Most Read from BloombergBiden, McCarthy Forge Debt Deal in Bid to Avert US DefaultKey Takeaways From Biden-McCarthy Deal to Avert US DefaultTraders Ready to Embrace Riskier Assets After Debt-Cap DealWorld’s Richest Man Throws In Towel on Beverly Hills HotelManchin Gets Mountain Valle  ( 8 min )

Bitcoin moved back above US$28,000 on Monday morning in Asia, leading a rally among all top 10 non-stablecoin tokens. Ether reclaimed the US$1,900 level.  ( 8 min )

Gold prices edged lower on Monday as a tentative deal sealed over the weekend to suspend the U.S. debt ceiling coupled with jitters around higher-for-longer interest rates dampened demand for the non-yielding metal. Hurting gold's appeal as a safe-haven asset, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Sunday he had finalized a budget agreement with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to suspend the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling until Jan. 1, 2025 and that the deal was ready to move to Congress for a vote. "The fact the odds of a hike were as low as 17.4% just over a week ago show how expectations for a Fed pause have been abandoned, helping the US dollar rise for a third week and weigh on gold prices," City Index senior market analyst Matt Simpson said.  ( 7 min )

The Indian rupee may come under pressure on Monday, after a tentative deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling made it likely that the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise rates next month. Non-deliverable forwards indicate the rupee will slightly lower from the previous session's level of 82.575 per U.S. dollar. Odds of a 25 basis points Fed rate hike at the June 13-14 meeting climbed to 2-in-3 after President Joe Biden on Sunday finalised a budget agreement with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to suspend the existing debt ceiling until Jan. 1, 2025, and said the deal was ready to move to Congress for a vote.  ( 6 min )

(Bloomberg) -- The Turkish lira is at risk of a 29% slump should President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who clinched another five-year term, stick to his policy of keeping interest rates low.That’s according to Morgan Stanley analysts including Hande Kucuk and Alina Slyusarchuk, who wrote in a Sunday note that the lira may reach 26 per dollar sooner than earlier expected and weaken close to 28 by the end of the year, without a change in policy direction. The currency closed at 19.97 per dollar on Frida  ( 7 min )

The dollar was firm on Monday as economic resilience in the United States raised market expectations for further rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, while news that a debt ceiling deal had been finalised sparked some risk-on sentiment. The yen's renewed decline has come on the back of rising U.S. Treasury yields, as bets grow that interest rates in the United States would stay higher for longer. Data released on Friday showed that U.S. consumer spending increased more than expected in April and inflation picked up, adding to signs of a still-resilient economy.  ( 8 min )

Asian shares and U.S. stock futures rose on Monday, buoyed by a weekend deal by U.S. President Joe Biden and congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy to suspend the government's debt ceiling, ending a months-long stalemate and angst for investors. After weeks of negotiations, McCarthy and Biden forged a agreement late on Saturday to avert an economically destabilising default to suspend the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling until 2025. The positive news lifted S&P 500 futures 0.4% in early trade while Nasdaq futures firmed 0.6%.  ( 7 min )

(Bloomberg) -- US stock futures advanced as appetite for risk taking returned to global markets following the deal between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on the US debt ceiling. Most Read from BloombergBiden, McCarthy Forge Debt Deal in Bid to Avert US DefaultTraders Ready to Embrace Riskier Assets After Debt-Cap DealWorld’s Richest Man Throws In Towel on Beverly Hills HotelKey Takeaways From Deal Biden, GOP Sealed to Avert US DefaultTexas AG Ken Paxton Impeached by Republi  ( 9 min )

Rental property owners save money by deducting mortgage interest, depreciation, property taxes, and the cost of operation and maintainence.  ( 31 min )

World insurance protects firms from being sued by an international plaintiff.  ( 19 min )

"FAKO Score” refers to any credit score that is not the “FICO Score” developed and sold by the credit scoring company, Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO).  ( 21 min )

Auction market preferred stock refers to preferred equity securities that have interest rates or dividends that are periodically reset.  ( 19 min )

The Heritage and Stabilization Fund is a sovereign wealth fund established in 2007 by the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.  ( 20 min )

A double-barreled bond is a municipal bond in which the interest and principal payments are pledged by two distinct entities—revenue from a defined project and the issuer and its taxing power.  ( 20 min )

Blockchain can help the flow of data and money in emerging economies.  ( 22 min )

A lock period is the window of time over which a mortgage lender must keep a specific loan offer open to a borrower.  ( 19 min )

A lottery is a low-odds game of chance or process in which winners are decided by a random drawing.  ( 19 min )

Real estate investing has been white hot. Should you take out a home equity loan to get in on the action?  ( 23 min )

Learn about major hedge fund failures including the Madoff investment scandal and insider trading cases at SAC Capital, LTCM, and the Galleon Group.  ( 28 min )

Indexing may be a statistical measure for tracking economic data, a methodology for grouping a specific market segment, or an investment management strategy for passive investments.  ( 22 min )

Rescission is the voiding of a contract that a court does not recognize as legally binding. Find out when you can and cannot rescind a contract.  ( 23 min )

Ripple is a blockchain-based digital payment network and protocol with its own cryptocurrency called XRP.  ( 24 min )

British American Tobacco, Vector Group, and RLX Technology lead their peers for best value, fastest growth, and best performance, respectively.  ( 20 min )

Reverse calendar spread involves buying and selling a short and long term option on the same underlying security with the same strike price.  ( 19 min )

Consider the costs of installing and maintaining a swimming pool, and compare them with the utility and market value it adds to your home.  ( 24 min )

Capital loss carryover is the amount of capital losses a person or business can take into future tax years.  ( 26 min )

A Medicaid waiver is an expansion of Medicaid eligibility for people with disabilities, among other populations.  ( 22 min )

Learn about Elizabeth Warren's 50/20/30 budget rule; a simple and effective plan for personal money management and wealth creation.  ( 25 min )

Understanding what a fiduciary is will help you know what to expect from the person you trust with your money.  ( 22 min )

A second mortgage is a mortgage made while the original mortgage is still in effect. Learn the requirements for a second mortgage and how to apply.  ( 24 min )

A hash is a function that converts an input of letters and numbers into an encrypted output of a fixed length.  ( 23 min )

British American Tobacco, Vector Group, and RLX Technology lead their peers for best value, fastest growth, and best performance, respectively.  ( 1 min )

Grootouders zijn onmisbaar geworden voor gezinnen met jonge kinderen. Ze springen in het oppasgat dat de overspannen kinderopvangmarkt achterlaat. Groot voordeel voor opa en oma is dat ze een bijzondere band met hun kleinkinderen opbouwen. Het nadeel? Een weekje overslaan wordt ze niet in dank afgenomen.  ( 7 min )

De Turkse lira heeft maandag terrein verloren ten opzichte van de Amerikaanse dollar. De koersdaling van de Turkse munt volgt op de herverkiezing van president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, die zondag de tweede ronde van de presidentsverkiezing heeft gewonnen.  ( 4 min )

Grootouders zijn onmisbaar geworden voor gezinnen met jonge kinderen. Ze springen in het oppasgat dat de overspannen kinderopvangmarkt achterlaat. Groot voordeel voor opa en oma is dat ze een bijzondere band met hun kleinkinderen opbouwen. Het nadeel? Een weekje overslaan wordt niet in dank afgenomen.  ( 7 min )

De Europese Commissie werkt momenteel aan een digitale variant van de euro en wil volgende maand met een wetsvoorstel komen. Ondertussen heeft het kabinet een aantal eisen op tafel gelegd waar de e-euro aan moet voldoen. Maar waar is een digitale euro eigenlijk voor nodig? En is het zeker dat hij er komt?  ( 5 min )

Buurtwinkels hebben het druk met de stroom aan postpakketten. Hun magazijnen staan tot aan de nok toe vol met dozen die wachten om opgehaald te worden. Het levert winkeliers "belabberd weinig geld" op, maar slechts een enkeling stopt ermee.  ( 4 min )

Countries like El Salvador, Iran, and Venezuela have turned to cryptocurrencies as fiats have experienced inflation and other troubles.  ( 19 min )

Do you want to buy a house or apartment with lower upfront costs? Learn how mortgage points can help you pay less for your home.  ( 25 min )

Transfer pricing is an accounting and taxation-linked practice allowing companies to save on taxes.  ( 22 min )

Amazon has been reluctant to embrace Bitcoin for various reasons, though some of those reasons are purely speculation.  ( 21 min )

Here are three reasons to consider investing in multi-family real estate.  ( 20 min )

Mass index is a form of technical analysis that looks at the range between high and low stock prices over a period of time.  ( 18 min )

Accounts receivable discounted refers to the selling of unpaid outstanding invoices for a cash amount that is less than the face value of those invoices.  ( 19 min )

Gridlock occurs in politics when the government is unable to pass laws because rival parties control different parts of the executive and legislative branches.  ( 23 min )

The term "value chain" refers to the process in which businesses receive raw materials, add value to them to create a finished product, and then sell the finished product to consumers. A "supply chain" represents the steps it takes to get the product or service to the customer.  ( 19 min )

A fiscal agent is an organization, such as a bank or trust company, that acts on behalf of another party performing various financial duties.  ( 18 min )

Monoline refers to the practice of specializing in a single line or discipline of the financial services business.  ( 19 min )

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A tentative agreement between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy could lead to a stock market rally.  ( 17 min )

Floater insurance covers property that is easily movable and provides additional coverage beyond the scope of traditional policies.  ( 20 min )

"Spot commodity” refers to a commodity that is being sold with the intention of being delivered to the buyer either presently or within a few days.  ( 18 min )

An omnibus clause is an automobile liability insurance policy clause that extends coverage to individuals not named in the policy.  ( 19 min )

A chief risk officer (CRO) is an executive who identifies and mitigates events that could threaten a company.  ( 19 min )

Before you blame your advisor for your losses, be sure you know your rights and responsibilities.  ( 25 min )

Financial advisors can help you increase and protect your wealth. Learn when it’s time to fire your financial advisor and how to find a good one.  ( 22 min )

Summa cum laude is an academic level of distinction used by educational institutions to signify a degree that was received "with highest honor."  ( 23 min )

The initiatives are the first steps of a plan the White House hopes to form as it grapples with the impacts of artifical intelligence and considers regulation.  ( 18 min )

Savvy investors know to ask an advisor questions on these five essential subjects.  ( 21 min )

Learn how much financial advisors charge clients and discover the various payment plans available to customers seeking financial advisory services.  ( 23 min )

Surging inflation means that Health Savings Account contribution limits have risen, an opportunity for people who want to take full advantage of the tax advantages.  ( 16 min )

MercadoLibre, Aritzia, and MINISO Group lead the industry in revenue growth  ( 20 min )

The debt ceiling is a limit that Congress imposes on the amount that the federal government can owe. Discover the current debt ceiling and its economic impact.  ( 28 min )

In a major step toward averting the debt ceiling crisis, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached a tentative agreement to raise the national borrowing limit for two years.  ( 17 min )

Learn the basic lingo of bonds to unveil familiar market dynamics and open to the door to becoming a competent bond investor.  ( 28 min )

(Reuters) -Oil prices rose on Monday after U.S. leaders reached a tentative debt ceiling deal, possibly averting a default in the world's largest economy and oil consumer, although concerns about further interest rate hikes capped gains. U.S. President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on the weekend forged an agreement to suspend the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling and cap government spending for the next two years.  ( 7 min )

Oil prices rose in early Asian trade on Monday after U.S. leaders reached a tentative debt ceiling deal, possibly averting a default in the world's largest economy and oil consumer. Brent crude futures climbed 39 cents, or 0.5%, to $77.34 a barrel by 2317 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was at $73.12 a barrel, up 45 cents, or 0.6%. U.S. President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Saturday reached an agreement in principle to suspend the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling.  ( 7 min )

Today, investors have access to huge amounts of information that can help in pointing towards the best stocks to pick up. So much information, in fact, that it can often result in overload and confusion, rather than providing a clear signal. Therefore, it might be best to stick to an uncomplicated regime and let the stock picking experts lead the way. And on Wall Street, right now Jeffries analyst Mark Lipacis is the best of the lot. According to TipRanks, a platform that tracks and measures the  ( 10 min )

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Optimism and relief are likely to be the dominant emotions for investors on Monday, giving markets in Asia a lift as lawmakers in Washington reached a tentative agreement on the U.S. debt ceiling, thus removing the risk of a catastrophic default. Trading and market liquidity in Asia will be lighter than usual, however, with U.S. and UK markets closed for holidays, opening up the potential for outsized market moves. If so, they are likely to be outsized gains, certainly across risk assets - Wall Street rallied strongly on Friday, particularly the Nasdaq and mega tech stocks, and the news from Washington over the weekend will only be seen as positive.  ( 7 min )

Global investors are gaming out how a tentative deal to raise the United States debt ceiling could ripple through markets, as lawmakers face a difficult path to pass the agreement through Congress before the June 5 deadline. A deal to lift the $31.4 trillion debt limit announced by the White House and House Republicans late Saturday would avert a catastrophic U.S. default and boost overall appetite for risk while also buoying some of the sectors that have been left behind in this year’s tech-led rally, such as cyclical stocks and small caps, investors said. But some are wary that proposed spending cuts could weigh on U.S. growth.  ( 9 min )

Musk’s latest push toward turning Twitter into an actual town square. In the future, Ford’s next generation of EVs will be equipped with Tesla’s charge port, called the North American Charging Standard, starting in 2025. This will give them access to 12,000 Tesla Superchargers in the U.S. and Canada, which is double the number Ford customers currently have access to.  ( 14 min )

The market is closed on Monday for Memorial Day. Then, earnings reports, May jobs data, April JOLTS, consumer confidence, and manufacturing PMI.  ( 22 min )

A tentative agreement between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy could lead to a stock market rally.  ( 17 min )

For one New York lawyer, the nightmare of losing a job to AI could become a reality sooner than expected, but not for the reasons you might think.  ( 6 min )

(Bloomberg) -- The cap on government spending in Washington’s deal to raise the federal debt limit adds a fresh headwind to a US economy already burdened by the highest interest rates in decades and reduced access to credit.Most Read from BloombergBiden, McCarthy Forge Debt Deal in Bid to Avert US DefaultWorld’s Richest Man Throws In Towel on Beverly Hills HotelKey Takeaways From Deal Biden, GOP Sealed to Avert US DefaultTraders Gear Up to Embrace Riskier Assets After Debt-Cap DealTexas AG Ken P  ( 8 min )

State Farm will no longer provide home insurance to new California customers because of wildfire risks and an increase in construction costs.  ( 6 min )

Investors will have eyes on Friday's jobs report and what's next in the artificial intelligence led rally in stocks.  ( 11 min )

Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Austan Goolsbee said on Sunday he won't 'prejudge' whether he would support an interest-rate hike at the upcoming Fed meeting in June, but noted that the full impact of the central bank's rate increases to date have yet to be felt. "We are going to get a lot of important data between now and then," Goolsbee told CBS's Face the Nation. "The actions that the Fed takes take months or even years to work their way through the system...  ( 5 min )

(Bloomberg) -- Brazilians are struggling to pay their debts on time, with four out every ten adults facing default, as central bankers keep monetary policy tight in an effort to bring inflation back to their target. Most Read from BloombergBiden, McCarthy Forge Debt Deal in Bid to Avert US DefaultKey Takeaways From Biden-McCarthy Deal to Avert US DefaultTraders Ready to Embrace Riskier Assets After Debt-Cap DealWorld’s Richest Man Throws In Towel on Beverly Hills HotelManchin Gets Mountain Valle  ( 6 min )

Last week’s inflation figure was an absolute stinker. You could have been deceived into thinking that it was good news because the headline rate fell from 10.1pc to 8.7pc, but this drop was solely caused by last April's bumper increase in energy prices falling out of the annual comparison.  ( 9 min )

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It’s safe to say that tech has been on the up recently. The spread of artificial intelligence (AI) has lit a fire under investors, and tech stocks have rallied some $4 trillion this year. The NASDAQ index, which is tech-heavy to begin with, gained 2.5% last week, and is up almost 25% since the onset of 2023, marking a turnaround from 2022’s bear market. By comparison, the S&P 500 is only up 9%, and the Dow has slipped slightly. The biggest winner in the tech rally so far is Nvidia. The company i  ( 11 min )

A US judge gave final approval to a $50 million class-action settlement that will see payments sent out to users of older MacBook laptops.  ( 6 min )

The boss of Aldi has warned Downing Street that increases in the minimum wage will drive up food prices for shoppers, as ministers race to tackle the cost of living crisis.  ( 7 min )

(Bloomberg) -- Bond traders look set to pivot from worrying the US wouldn’t raise its debt limit to fretting about what the increase means for money markets.Most Read from BloombergBiden, McCarthy Forge Debt Deal in Bid to Avert US DefaultWorld’s Richest Man Throws In Towel on Beverly Hills HotelKey Takeaways From Deal Biden, GOP Sealed to Avert US DefaultTexas AG Ken Paxton Impeached by Republican-Led State HouseEurope’s Economic Engine Is Breaking DownThe concern is that with a tentative deal  ( 7 min )

Anticipating your retirement expenses is key to saving the right amount in 401(k)s, IRAs and more. Although getting exact figures might not be possible, projecting costs for healthcare, housing and lifestyle can help you create a realistic savings goal during … Continue reading → The post How to Estimate Your Expenses in Retirement appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.  ( 13 min )

Numerous European countries are among the world's most attractive retirement destinations, and the United Kingdom (U.K.) is no exception. With its rustic villages, historic landmarks and lower cost of living, the U.K. can offer retirees the exact right amount of … Continue reading → The post How to Retire in the United Kingdom (UK) appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.  ( 10 min )

Mutual funds allow investors to diversify their portfolios by purchasing a broad range of assets in a single fund. Investors can buy mutual funds online directly through a fund provider, an investment company or an online brokerage. Here is how … Continue reading → The post How to Invest in Mutual Funds Online appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.  ( 9 min )

Regardless of when you start, saving for retirement is vital. Although most elderly Americans depend on Social Security to some degree, the average recipient collects only $1,691 per month – not enough money to live comfortably in most places. Your strategy for … Continue reading → The post How to Save for Retirement in Your 50s appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.  ( 10 min )

Inflation and rising interest rates have made saving difficult, especially if you're not in the top income bracket. Relentless monthly costs and unexpected expenses can put a hole in your budget and derail your savings efforts. And saving money on … Continue reading → The post How to Save Money on Low Income appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.  ( 8 min )

If you're ready to step into the waters of investment property financing, this guide is here to help. You need to have your money and credit in order and know what your options are for loans. After all, purchasing an … Continue reading → The post Investment Property Financing Guide appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.  ( 9 min )

In January, the Treasury ran out of revenue to continue paying the government's bills. Ordinarily, when the Treasury needs to spend more money than it collects in taxes, it issues new bonds. However, as of last month it reached a … Continue reading → The post How Can A Trillion Dollar Coin Raise the Debt Ceiling? appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.  ( 11 min )

The green push by the U.S. and state governments is turning trash into treasure and boosting the firms that handle America’s garbage.  ( 28 min )

(Bloomberg) -- Global markets are primed for a relief rally after US negotiators agreed to a tentative deal over the weekend to resolve a debt crisis that has battered risk sentiment in recent weeks.Most Read from BloombergBiden, McCarthy Forge Debt Deal in Bid to Avert US DefaultWorld’s Richest Man Throws In Towel on Beverly Hills HotelKey Takeaways From Deal Biden, GOP Sealed to Avert US DefaultTexas AG Ken Paxton Impeached by Republican-Led State HouseEurope’s Economic Engine Is Breaking Down  ( 7 min )

(Bloomberg) -- A shakeup is brewing in the $1.6 trillion universe of emerging-market sovereign debt — whether Wall Street likes it or not.Most Read from BloombergBiden, McCarthy Forge Debt Deal in Bid to Avert US DefaultWorld’s Richest Man Throws In Towel on Beverly Hills HotelKey Takeaways From Deal Biden, GOP Sealed to Avert US DefaultTexas AG Ken Paxton Impeached by Republican-Led State HouseEurope’s Economic Engine Is Breaking DownAs government defaults rise to a record in the developing wor  ( 8 min )

Most of us have fits and starts on our financial journeys. But in the end, it comes down to “prosaic prudence,” Jonathan Clements, a retirement expert says.  ( 10 min )

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A tentative deal between the White House and Republicans to raise the US debt ceiling could bring temporary relief to the global financial market but there is still the risk of collateral damage, Chinese observers warned on the weekend. US President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached an agreement in principle on Saturday on a deal that is believed to include a two-year debt limit increase and a cap on non-defence spending by the government. The agreement still needs the approval  ( 8 min )

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One measure shows large-cap stocks beating smaller companies by the widest margin in 25 years.  ( 28 min )

Long before green energy became de rigueur, Rolls-Royce was exploring how to generate clean power.  ( 10 min )

The production of lithium is scaling up rapidly, alongside the establishment of lithium refineries like the one built by Tesla (TSLA), which CEO Elon Musk has referred to as a “license to print money.” These refineries offer the opportunity to process lower-grade lithium, which is more abundant, into batteries suitable for EVs. At the same time, hedge fund managers and analysts see promise in another aspect of powering EVs – silicon carbide chips. The electric vehicle (EV) revolution is gaining  ( 8 min )

Proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has recommended that shareholders of Toyota Motor Corp vote in favour of a resolution urging the automaker to improve disclosure of its lobbying related to climate change. The recommendation comes as Japan's largest company by market capitalisation faces pressure from green investors and climate activists which have criticised it for being slower than rivals to embrace all-battery electric vehicles (EVs). ISS in a report also said it regarded three of Toyota's four outside board director nominees as not truly independent.  ( 7 min )

(Bloomberg) -- European gas prices have plunged to the lowest since mid-2021, when Russia was just beginning to squeeze supplies before its invasion of Ukraine, helping to reverse a surge in inflation and bring relief to consumers.Most Read from BloombergBiden, McCarthy Forge Debt-Limit Deal in Bid to Avert US DefaultWorld’s Richest Man Throws In Towel on Beverly Hills HotelKey Takeaways From Deal Biden, GOP Sealed to Avert US DefaultTexas AG Ken Paxton Impeached by Republican-Led State HouseEur  ( 8 min )

An electric lorry company run by the “Elon Musk of Essex” has been forced to fight off legal action over late payments as it lays off staff and seeks to raise new funding.  ( 7 min )

(Bloomberg) -- US employers are gradually dialing back the pace of hiring and hourly earnings are moderating, offering some solace to Federal Reserve policymakers in their bid to wrangle still-elevated inflation.Most Read from BloombergWhite House, Republicans Reach Deal to Avert US DefaultWorld’s Richest Man Throws In Towel on Beverly Hills HotelEurope’s Economic Engine Is Breaking DownTexas AG Ken Paxton Impeached by Republican-Led State House‘Last of Us’ Multiplayer Video Game Faces Setbacks  ( 9 min )

Inflation fell less than expected in April. The UK’s consumer price index was 8.7pc higher last month than in April 2022, down from 10.1pc in March.  ( 9 min )

Bonds are meant to be boring. Investors buy them because they provide a predictable income stream. Pension funds buy them to hedge against their riskier bets. Prices and yields are usually dull and predictable - yet that is precisely the point.  ( 15 min )

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Good news of a tentative deal for the U.S. debt ceiling impasse may quickly turn out to be bad news for financial markets. U.S. President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy on Saturday reached a tentative deal to raise the federal government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, two sources familiar with the negotiations said, potentially averting an economically destabilizing default. "This will be pretty good for the market," said Amo Sahota, director at KlarityFX, adding that it may give more reason for the U.S. Federal Reserve to feel confident about raising rates again.  ( 8 min )